-Caveat Lector- http://foxnews.com/fn99/politics/020801/rich_hearings.sml Denise Rich Pleads Fifth; Quinn, Holder Face Burton Committee Thursday, February 8, 2001 WASHINGTON — Denise Rich has invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to questions submitted to her by the House Government Reform committee investigating President Clinton's pardon of her ex-husband, fugitive financier Marc Rich, Fox News has learned. On Feb. 5, the committee chaired by Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., sent Rich a list of 14 questions regarding her support of the presidential pardon for her ex-husband. Included in the list were questions regarding her sizable contributions to Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign and the Democratic National Committee, as well as other personal gifts to the Clintons. Since 1992, Rich has contributed more than $1 million to the Clintons and the Democrats. But on Wednesday, Rich's attorney, Carol Elder Bruce, informed the Committee that Rich would be asserting her Fifth Amendment privilege. And on Wednesday night, Rich's attorney informed Burton that Rich had given an "enormous sum of money" to the Clinton Presidential Library fund, according to sources close to the investigation. Rich has not yet disclosed how much money she has given to the fund. Other Clinton Pals in the Hot Seat On Thursday, Marc Rich's attorney, Jack Quinn, is slated to appear before the House Government Reform Committee. Quinn worked in the White House from 1993 to 1997, first as a chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore and later as counsel to the president. But Quinn has drawn the most attention recently for helping Rich secure perhaps the most controversial of the 176 pardons granted by Clinton on the last day of his presidency. On Rich's behalf, Quinn appealed directly to Clinton to pardon the commodities trader who fled to Europe in 1983 to evade charges of tax fraud and illegally buying oil from Iran. Federal prosecutors expressed outrage at the last-minute pardon because Quinn did not first submit the application to Justice Department officials for review. Such a move would have shined a spotlight on the case and allowed prosecutors to lobby against the pardon. Clinton and Quinn have denied any impropriety. Quinn has insisted that the appeal was never a secret and that he alerted Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder weeks before the Jan. 20 pardon. Holder has not publicly commented since the controversy erupted two weeks ago, but he and two former federal prosecutors on the Rich case are also scheduled to testify before the House committee. Committee spokeswoman Josie Duckett said Quinn "has been very cooperative" with investigators and that the panel members hope to sort out "the issue of who knew what when." Two other Clinton advisers, former counsels Beth Nolan and Bruce Lindsey, canceled their appearances because of scheduling conflicts, according to Duckett. There are no plans to extend the hearing past one day, she said, or to call the former president as a witness. "It's not about Clinton," she said. "It's about the process." The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to open a similar hearing on the Rich pardon next week. President Bush has avoided weighing in on the subject. His spokesman, Ari Fleischer, said Bush has no plans to overturn the pardon. Rich, 65, continues to operate from Switzerland. 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