WASHINGTON – House investigators last night watched the deadline come and go for subpoenaed Marc Rich documents – but they had little to show.
The Democratic National Committee turned over some financial records on Denise Rich, the ex-wife of the billionaire fugitive who received a last-day pardon from Bill Clinton.
An investigator said the DNC documents contained nothing new and didn’t supply all the information sought.
DNC spokeswoman Jenny Backus said more information would be arriving soon. “We intend to comply with this request in a timely and complete manner,” she said.
The House Government Reform Committee sent out the subpoenas last week in its probe of whether Marc Rich, whose ex-wife Denise is a huge Democratic contributor, bought his pardon from Clinton.
Subpoenas went to Denise Rich’s bank, so that investigators can try to tell whether she got money from her ex-husband while she lobbied Clinton for the pardon.
The bank failed to deliver the records by the 5 p.m. deadline, according to committee investigators. Rich’s lawyer Martin Pollner refused to comment.
House investigators also asked for records that would show how many times ex-White House counsel Jack Quinn, who was Marc Rich’s lawyer, visited the White House.
Secret Service records showing how many times Denise Rich – and Democratic fund-raisers Beth Dozoretz and Terry McAuliffe – visited the White House are expected to be turned over later this week, investigators said.
House investigators subpoenaed the Clinton library to hand over its contribution list. Clinton lawyer David Kendall said he’d fight the subpoena, but House investigators gave him an extension until Thursday to provide the information.
Clinton pardoned Rich without getting the usual input from the Justice Department – and without informing the prosecutors who brought the original 51-count indictment in 1983, which included charges of $48 million in tax evasion and trading with the enemy.