It Must Suck To Have To Repay A Bribe

After all, the only reason this pardon happened is because Tony rodham lobbied his sister and brother-in-law to make it happen.

A lawyer for the brother of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said he's confident he can avoid a trial next week and settle a lawsuit that accuses Tony Rodham of failing to repay debts to a Tennessee carnival operator.

That should be a relief to Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign since the case could have revived stories about how her brothers accepted money from people pardoned by her husband, President Bill Clinton.

Rodham is accused of failing to repay $107,000 plus interest to the bankrupt estate of Edgar Allen Gregory Jr. and his wife, Vonna Jo, both of whom received a presidential pardon in 2000.

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The Gregorys received pardons for a bank fraud conviction from President Clinton about two years after Rodham became a paid consultant to United Shows of America, a carnival business the couple owned.

Rodham has said he talked to his brother-in-law, who was then president, about a pardon for the Gregorys, but he said Clinton made the decision to grant clemency on the merits of their case.

Ed Gregory died in 2004, but the Gregorys have said in the past that the money they gave Rodham had nothing to do with the pardon request. They loaned Rodham $107,000 between May 2000 and February 2002, the lawsuit says. Collins said Rodham also was paid for consulting services, but he did not know the amount.

After Clinton left office, the Republican-controlled House Committee on Government Reform found that United Shows paid Rodham $240,000 for undocumented consulting services and that President Clinton was interested in the pardons solely because of his contacts with Rodham.

Unspecified consulting fees and a loan that was never repaid -- sounds like a bribe to me, under the circumstances, since it looks like the only service provided was lobbying Bill Clinton.

This would be similar to the deal that Hillary Clinton's other brother, Hugh Rodham, made with Denise Rich to get a pardon for her husband Marc Rich.

Just imagine the bribery business opportunities open to the Rodham brothers if Hillary wins the White House in 2008.

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