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FBI Tweets Docs from 2001 Probe into Bill Clinton Pardon

HeadlineNov 02, 2016

The FBI is continuing its investigation into a batch of Hillary Clinton emails that were recently found on the computer of former Congressmember Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Weiner is under investigation after he sent illicit sext messages to an underage girl. The FBI’s opening of this investigation so close to Election Day has sparked controversy. Meanwhile, on Monday, the FBI released 129 pages of documents from its 2001 investigation into former President Bill Clinton’s presidential pardon of hedge funder Marc Rich, who fled to Switzerland after he was indicted on tax evasion and other federal charges. Clinton pardoned Rich on his last day in office. The pardon was investigated because Rich’s ex-wife had donated $100,000 to Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign, as well as $450,000 to Clinton’s presidential library foundation. The investigation was closed in 2005 with no charges filed. The redacted documents related to this investigation were tweeted out Tuesday by the FBI’s Twitter handle, which had been inactive for a year until this past week. The FBI has also released and then tweeted out a file on Donald Trump’s father, Fred Trump, on October 30.

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