-Caveat Lector- [This story omits mention of the very relevant fact that these two pardonees are the same two that were assisted by the treasurer of HRC's campaign. Yesterday it was said that all the treasurer did was prepare pardon requests at the request of Ickes the work and send it to the DOJ with a copy to the WH. Ickes said he did nothing other than give it to that lawyer to handle. Who brought Harry Thomason into the picture to lobby for these guys? If you forgot who Thomason is, he was one of the key players in Travelgate ... "dum de DUMB dum."] <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/24/politics/24PARD.html> February 24, 2001 Hollywood Friend Had Clinton's Ear for 2 Late Pardons By DAVID JOHNSTON WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 ó Harry Thomason, a Hollywood producer and longtime friend of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, spoke privately with the president urging pardons for two Arkansas men convicted of tax evasion charges, a lawyer for Mr. Thomason said today. Mr. Thomason asked Mr. Clinton to consider the pardon applications of Robert Clinton Fain and James Lowell Manning, who were convicted in 1982 and were granted clemency on Jan. 20 in the final hours of Mr. Clinton's presidency. Mr. Thomason received no compensation for his efforts, said Robert S. Bennett, the lawyer for Mr. Thomason. Mr. Thomason, an Arkansas friend of the Clintons, is another insider who apparently used his access to the White House to lobby the former president on behalf of a pardon applicant. Roger Clinton, the president's half brother, also spoke with Mr. Clinton on behalf of pardon seekers. Hugh Rodham, a lawyer and Mr. Clinton's brother-in-law, also represented two clients, one who obtained a pardon and another whose prison term was commuted. Mr. Rodham received nearly $400,000 from the two clients, but agreed to return the money after the former president demanded that he do so. The pardons are the subject of investigations in the House and Senate and by Mary Jo White, the United States attorney in New York, who has focused primarily on whether supporters of Marc Rich, the fugitive commodities trader, improperly lobbied the White House on his behalf. Ms. White's prosecutors have expanded their inquiry to include other pardons like Mr. Clinton's decision to commute the sentences of four Hasidic men who were convicted of defrauding the government of millions of dollars. The House Committee on Government Reform, which has been examining the pardons, has obtained records showing visits to the White House by friends of Mr. Clinton who lobbied for Mr. Rich's pardon: Denise Rich, his former wife; and Beth Dozoretz, a Democratic fund-raiser. The records are among subpoenaed documents that Congressional investigators are reviewing in preparation for a hearing on Thursday. Republican lawmakers have subpoenaed several witnesses, who are scheduled to testify at the hearing: Bruce Lindsey, the former deputy White House counsel in the Clinton White House; John Podesta, the former White House chief of staff; and Beth Nolan, former White House general counsel. Today, Roger Clinton said in a newspaper interview that he had sought pardons for six friends, including people he had served time with in prison. The president's brother, who himself was pardoned last month for a 1985 drug conviction, was quoted by The Los Angeles Times today as saying that he left a list of pardon applicants on a White House table for the president to review. Roger Clinton said that he received no money for his efforts and that he was so disappointed that the president rejected all his friends' pardon applications that he did not speak to his brother for two weeks. Mr. Rodham, the brother of Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic senator from New York, has agreed to return the $400,000 in fees he was paid for his efforts to obtain a commutation of the prison sentence Carlos Vignali, a convicted drug trafficker from Los Angeles, was serving and a pardon for Almon Glenn Braswell, an herbal supplement marketer from Miami who had been convicted on fraud and perjury charges. Today, Nancy Luque, Mr. Rodham's lawyer, said he had returned about $300,000. 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