Posted by
P.A. Moore on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:07:36 PM
The New York Times reports on the unusual route that Arkansas businessman Tom Bhakta's presidential pardon took.
As Bhakta began his quest for a pardon in October of 2000, he, his wife, and each of his three college-age children all donated $1,000 apiece to the campaign of a certain candidate running for the U.S. Senate seat from New York. This would seem odd, considering that Bhakta is from Arkansas, and up to that point had not been a significant political campaign donor.
Bhakta's pardon request fully bypassed the normal FBI/prosecutor/Justice Department review, and was signed by President Bill Clinton on his last day in office. The Times reported that due to the hurried nature of his pardon approval, Mr. Bhakta's name was even misspelled on the executive order signed by President Clinton.
“Rising Numbers Sought Pardons In Last 2 Years”
By Kurt Eichenwald and Michael Moss
New York Times
January 29, 2001
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