Federal clemency record
Pardon · January 20, 2001
Granted by Bill Clinton (Democratic) to William Arthur Borders, Jr.
Summary
William Arthur Borders, Jr. received a pardon on January 20, 2001, from President Bill Clinton for conspiracy to corruptly solicit and accept money in return for influencing official acts of a federal district court judge, corruption of justice, and interstate travel with intent to commit bribery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1503, 2, and 1952 in the Northern District of Georgia. The pardon was granted on Clinton's final day in office.
Offense
Conspiracy to corruptly solicit and accept money in return for influencing the official acts of a federal district court judge, and to defraud the United States in connection with the performance of lawful government functions; corruptly influencing, obstructing, impeding, and endeavoring to influence, obstruct, and impede the due administration of justice and aiding and abetting therein; traveling interstate with intent to commit bribery; 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1503, 2, and 1952
N. D. Ga.