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                          Union   Calendar No. 269
107TH CONGRESS                                REPORT
   2d Session  HOUSE  OF REPRESENTATIVES      107-454





JUSTICE  UNDONE:  CLEMENCY   DECISIONS   IN THE CLINTON
                     WHITE  HOUSE


 MAY 14, 2002.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                the Union and ordered to be printed


    Mr. BURTON, from the Committee on Government Reform
                   submitted the following


                   SECOND REPORT

  On March 14, 2002, the Committee on Government Reform ap-
proved and adopted a report entitled Justice Undone: Clemency
Decisions in the Clinton White House. The chairman was directed
to transmit a copy to the Speaker of the House.


                CHAPTER THREE

   HUGH RODHAM'S ROLE IN LOBBYING FOR
       GRANTS OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY

             FINDINGS  OF  THE COMMITTEE

HUGH   RODHAM'S   INVOLVEMENT IN THE VIGNALI COM-
MUTATION
Vignali's clemency petition was false and misleading.
*  Carlos Vignali lied in his clemency petition. First, he continued
   to maintain his innocence, despite overwhelming evidence of his
   involvement in selling a substantial amount of cocaine across
   state lines and a specific finding by the sentencing judge that
   he lied at trial about his involvement in a large drug distribu-
   tion network. Second, Vignali claimed that he was a first-time
   offender, despite the fact that he had a prior criminal record. By
   not accepting responsibility for his crime and lying about his

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