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WIRE: 06/28/2001 7:27 pm ET
Roger Clinton Refuses to Explain $50,000 Payment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roger Clinton, former President Bill Clinton's
half-brother, declined to explain to a congressional panel investigating
White House pardons why he got $50,000 from the daughter of a convicted
heroin trafficker.
"Mr. (Roger) Clinton respectfully declines," Bart Williams, Roger Clinton's
attorney, wrote in a letter in response to Rep. Dan Burton, an Indiana
Republican and chairman of the House of Representatives Government Reform
Committee.
Burton, whose panel has been investigating the pardons Clinton approved on
his final day in office, had no immediate comment on the letter, received
by his panel late on Wednesday, an aide said.
The trafficker in question, Rosario Gambino, is a reputed organized crime
figure serving a 45-year sentence in California and did not receive a
pardon.
But The New York Times on Thursday said a person close to Gambino's son,
Tommy, said Roger Clinton had led the family to believe he could help
obtain a presidential pardon.
"Whatever he said to him made Tommy Gambino think it was a lock," the
newspaper reported.
The Times also quoted attorney Williams as saying the money was unrelated
to any effort to help Rosario Gambino.
"Tommy Gambino is a friend of Roger Clinton's and has been for many years,"
Williams said. "I'm not going to comment on what the payment is for or
about. I am going to say it was not related to Roger Clinton's assisting
Tommy Gambino's father in his parole efforts or any other effort."
Williams told the newspaper Roger Clinton made at least one attempt on
Rosario Gambino's behalf, writing a letter to a parole commission in late
1998 or early 1999.
Burton received the response from Williams three days after asking Roger
Clinton to explain the $50,000 check and whether it was related to seeking
a grant of clemency for Gambino.
Burton said Roger Clinton received the check on Sept. 27, 1999, from Anna
Gambino, his daughter.
Williams, in his letter to Burton, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters,
wrote: "Like anyone else who values his own privacy and who respects the
privacy of those close to him, Mr. Clinton will not submit willingly to a
general warrant."
The Times said in the final days of the Clinton administration, the White
House told the Justice Department it was considering a presidential pardon
of Gambino.
Many of the pardons granted by Clinton are also being examined by the U.S.
Attorney's office in New York.
Copyright 2001 Reuters News Service. All rights reserved.
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