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John Fife Symington III was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona of false statements to federally insured financial institutions, wire fraud, attempted extortion, and false statements in a bankruptcy proceeding, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1014, 1343, 1951, 152, 2(a), and 2(b), as charged in a 1996 indictment and 1997 superseding indictment. On January 20, 2001, President Bill Clinton granted Symington a pardon.
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Pardon · January 20, 2001
Granted by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
False statements to federally insured financial institutions, wire fraud, attempted extortion, false statements in bankruptcy proceeding; 18 U.S.C. §§ 1014, 1343, 1951, 152, 2(a) and 2(b) (as charged in 1996 indictment and 1997 superseding indictment)
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