Sentence examples for secure pardons from inspiring English sources

Mr. Rodham called the notion that he had offered his services to secure pardons "absurd".

But the document provides the first evidence that President Bill Clinton lent his support to any of his half brother's efforts to secure pardons for felons convicted of drug dealing, bank fraud and tax evasion.

After an initial stint in the whips office, he was sent to the Ministry of Defence, where he was credited with helping secure pardons for soldiers shot for cowardice during the First World War.

A Congressional committee and the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York are examining whether Roger Clinton accepted money for his assistance in securing pardons.

With shock and awe I learned that former President Bill Clinton was successful in securing pardons for two jailed journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, from North Korean officials.

"For example," Grassley began, "there are red flags about Mr. Holder's judgment and independence, including his role in securing pardons or clemency for an unrepentant billionaire fugitive tax cheat like Marc Rich or terrorists like members of the FALN [Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional] and the Weather Underground.

The livestream was also intended to raise awareness for the Pardon Snowden movement, which seeks to (you guessed it) secure a pardon for Snowden before President Obama leaves office.

Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Prize winner whose name has been mentioned in relation to the Marc Rich pardon case, said yesterday that he understood why the team trying to secure a pardon for Mr. Rich sought his help, as documents released last week by a Congressional committee showed.

A former congressman from Texas tried demanding $500,000 to secure a pardon for a white-collar ex-con.

Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea yesterday and secured the pardons of two jailed American journalists.

(Which is odd, in a way, given his own failure to secure a pardon for his aide Scooter Libby).