Karl Bremer's latest installment in his series on the Frank Vennes pardon raises some serious questions about the pardon process. This scandal reeks every bit as much, if not more than the Marc Rich scandal which Michele Bachmann has condemned (audio here)
Documents from the Pardon Attorneys office obtained by a FOIA request reveal a shocking timeline of undue influence by powerful politicians whose campaigns were the recipients of boatloads of money, the proceeds of a massive Ponzi scheme perpetrated by convicted fraudster Tom Petters with the alleged assistance of Frank Vennes.
The inescapable conclusion from reading the documents is that there was quid pro quo - cash for pardon... and it should prompt a Congressional investigation (there were a couple nvestigations into the Marc Rich pardon).
