NEW: Two Biden Cabinet Picks Were Reprimanded For Roles In Clinton-Era 'Pardongate' Scandal
Xavier Becerra and Alejandro Mayorkas intervened to help get commutation for Carlos Vignali, a convicted cocaine trafficker.
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Xavier Becerra and Alejandro Mayorkas intervened to help get commutation for Carlos Vignali, a convicted cocaine trafficker.
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A House report from 2002 said Vignali's father donated to Becerra's political campaigns.
The report said Mayorkas' involvement was "totally inappropriate" given that he was a U.S. attorney at the time. He contacted the White House on behalf of Vignali.
The report said Mayorkas' involvement was "totally inappropriate" given that he was a U.S. attorney at the time. He contacted the White House on behalf of Vignali.
Todd Jones, the U.S. attorney who prosecuted Vignali in 2004, said that Mayorkas should have "stay[ed] the hell away from it" since he wasn't involved in the initial case.
Bruce Lindsey, the deputy White House counsel for Clinton, told House investigators that he changed his mind in favor of commuting Vignali's sentence after Mayorkas contacted him.
Mayorkas did so at request of Vignali's father, a rich L.A.-businessman.
Mayorkas did so at request of Vignali's father, a rich L.A.-businessman.
The House report also said that Hugh Rodham, the brother of Hillary Clinton, was paid $204,000 to secure Vignali's prison release.
All of that, and other aspects of Clinton's "Pardongate," are worth keeping in mind as Trump's pardons inevitably cause all sorts of media outrage.
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