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...wedlock kids and failed the state bar exam four times. But Hahn didn't bother with any of that. He had all he needed in a letter Villaraigosa wrote to the White House in 1996, seeking a presidential pardon for convicted drug trafficker Carlos Vignali, whose father was a campaign contributor. Before the election, Hahn hammered Villaraigosa for a solid week with a TV ad showing images of a crack-cocaine pipe, a copy of the letter and the message: "Los Angeles can't trust Antonio Villaraigosa...
...likeness to Clinton's acts of clemency is limited. The bank fraud for which Cox pleaded guilty is not seen as heinous as the cocaine-dealing conviction of Carlos Vignali, whose prison term was commuted by Clinton and who was also the son of a generous donor. Unlike the fugitive Rich, Cox acknowledged his wrongdoing and served time for it. Despite a hurried review by the Justice Department, Bush's team did not bypass it as Clinton's often did. No one politically linked to Bush is known to have been paid to pursue the Cox clemency. And Bush...
What really threw Mrs. Clinton off stride last week was her brother's decision to accept $400,000 to lobby for two controversial clemency petitions: those of Carlos Vignali, a Los Angeles drug dealer, and A. Glenn Braswell, a Florida marketer of dubious health treatments. Rodham, who often spent the night at the White House, insisted last week that he purposely never spoke to his sister or his brother-in-law about his clients...
Hugh's work for Vignali was of longer duration, beginning when the drug dealer's father Horacio asked Rodham to work on the clemency application. Rodham, a former public defender in Florida, was reluctant at first, but finally agreed. The elder Vignali, a wealthy Los Angeles businessman, had some sense of politics. He contributed generously to politicians in both parties, beginning in earnest in 1994 shortly before his son was to stand trial on conspiracy and cocaine-distribution charges. Prosecutors said the son deserved no quarter and expressed no remorse. Carlos was a key financier of a drug ring that...
...pardon last month for a long-ago drug conviction, but not before asking his brother to grant clemency to half a dozen buddies. Clinton didn't, and Roger maintains he was never paid any money for those appeals. But two sources tell TIME that Horacio Vignali told associates he paid Roger $30,000 to work on the commutation of his son's sentence. A spokesman for Roger Clinton said he claims never to have accepted money from Vignali; an attorney for Vignali had no comment. Rodham's lawyer said there was no connection between Rodham's work and any Roger...