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- Marc Rich -- Pardons
-- Although Rich testified in writing in March, 2005, to a House committee investigating the U.N. program that he was not in any way active in the Oil-for-Food program, documents suggest that he bought Iraqi oil in 2001 from various front companies, which BusinessWeek has identified. This took place just one month after his pardon. If so, it seems that Rich may have misled Congress. The CIA, the Senate, and others have concluded that from September, 2000, until September, 2002, buyers in the Oil-for-Food oil program had to pay illegal surcharges that Saddam used in part to buy weapons, though no documents show Rich made such payments. Some investigators believe Iraqi insurgents are now using that money. - Marc Rich -- Marc Rich Ag
The case of Marc Rich is much better known. In some ways, it may seem to be less of a Jewish problem, per se. Rich’s alleged crimes, tax evasion and breaking an embargo against Iran, are shocking. Unlike the crimes of New Square, though, Rich’s actions were not committed in the name of Judaism, God, or the Jewish people. Bill Clinton is the one most often charged with wrongdoing in the matter of the Rich pardon, not the Jewish people. - Marc Rich -- Marc Rich Group
Rich has long had ties to Mikhail Fridman and his mammoth Alfa Group, says Kvint. In 2001, Rich nearly sold his company to an Alfa division: Zug-based Crown Resources Corp. (now called ERC Trading). During the U.N. program both Rich and Chalmers bought oil from Alfa units, according to MEES: Onako and Tyumen Oil Co., respectively. The CIA report alleges that Alfa paid illegal surcharges to Saddam during Oil-for-Food, which Alfa denies. - Marc Rich -- Hillary Clinton
Highly qualified Israeli and Washington sources report that if anyone wants to ask questions about the Marc Rich pardon, the person to ask is not Bill Clinton, but Al Gore. The chief advocate for the Rich pardon was attorney Jack Quinn, who was formerly Al Gore's chief of staff. Quinn is known as a Gore loyalist, who followed the instructions of the Vice President, even when nominally working for President Clinton. - Marc Rich -- Bill Clinton
In 1958, Mr. Jesselson dispatched Mr. Rich to Cuba to begin dealing with the collapse of the Batista government and make friends within the new Castro regime. Undeterred by the political upheaval, Mr. Rich cut a deal that allowed Philipp Brothers to keep shipping nickel and copper off the island. "Marc always saw Cuba as a place where the rules didn't apply," said Bill Spier, a trader who worked with Mr. Rich during the Cuban crisis. "He came back to New York with what he learned." - Marc Rich -- United States
Marc Rich is a 1989 graduate of Brooklyn Law School. He has 15 years experience as a trial lawyer. Marc is a member of the Bar in New York and New Jersey. Marc is a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the Queens County Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, and the New York Criminal & Civil Courts Bar Association. - Marc Rich -- U.S
Mr. Rich's phenomenal success ... drew the attention of U.S. government regulators, especially after the oil crisis erupted in 1973. As the Arab oil embargo drove crude prices through the roof and fanned inflation, the U.S. government sought to stabilize the market with legislation that created three classifications of American oil--old, new and stripper. Under this complex system, "old" oil--oil being produced in U.S. wells at or below the 1972 production level--would sell at around $6 a barrel. Oil from "new" wells--those opened since 1973 or producing in excess of their 1972 levels--went for around $10 a barrel. "Stripper" oil--or crude from small wells pumping an average of less than 10 barrels a day--went for whatever the market would bear. - Pincus Green -- Denise Rich
One of the most successful commodity traders in the world, Rich and his business partner Pincus Green were indicted in September 1983 for evading $48 million in taxes. As part of these tax-evasion schemes, they were ... initially charged with selling oil in violation of a trade embargo that the United States had imposed against Iran, but this charge was later dropped. Rich was already in Switzerland at the time and has thus escaped extradition since Switzerland's extradition treaty did not cover Rich's alleged crimes. - Pincus Green
The front-page story by Harris and Grimaldi quoted Clinton as saying the pardons of Rich and financier Pincus Green were "in the best interests of justice" and that he had "legal and foreign policy reasons" for granting the pardons. The story went on to characterize the former president as "mournful," saying that he implied ongoing political hostility toward him was fueling the criticism. The reporters pointed out that the op-ed piece didn't contain anything Clinton had not already said in brief interviews. They ... referred to the column as one element of a "damage control" campaign launched by Clinton loyalists. - David Geffen -- Hillary Clinton
Geffen has developed a reputation as a prominent philanthropist for his publicized support of medical research, AIDS organizations, the arts and theatre. He was an early financial supporter of President Bill Clinton. In 2001 he had a falling out with the former President over Clinton's decision to not pardon Leonard Peltier, on whose behalf he had lobbied the President.[2]
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