Clinton Administration Partners in Pardons

Re “Roger Clinton Said to Be Deeply Tied to Pardons,” March 13: Wow. After a full year’s investigation, is this litany of innuendo and suggestions the best that Bill Clinton attack dog Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) could come up with?

The White House was besieged by pardon requests. Gasp! Clinton made some bad decisions. Impeach him! Oh, wait, they already did that. Former Deputy Atty. Gen Eric Holder denies that his desire to be attorney general was connected to his involvement in the [fugitive financier Marc] Rich pardon. But Burton states this incentive is “more believable” than what Holder is offering. Whew! That would certainly stand up in a court of law.

Rita Lavelle, a former Reagan administration Environmental Protection Agency official, testifies that Roger Clinton tried to get her to cough up big bucks in exchange for a pardon. Oh, she was convicted of perjury in the 1980s.

Finally, there’s proof that thorn-in-their-siblings’ sides Roger Clinton and Hugh Rodham used their relationship to Bill Clinton to their advantage. George W. has been been to Florida numerous times since his inauguration to lobby for his brother Jeb on the taxpayers’ dime.

Linda L. Cordeiro

Los Angeles