article_snippet: Hillary's older brother Hugh (right) made unwelcome news at the end of President Bill Clinton's tenure by successfully lobbying President Bill Clinton to commute the federal drug-dealing prison sentence of a Democratic Party donor's son.
article_snippet: Hugh made unwelcome news at the end of President Bill Clinton's tenure by successfully lobbying him to commute the federal drug-dealing prison sentence of a Democratic Party donor's sonPresident Bill ClintonPresident Bill Clinton the federal drug-dealing prison sentence of a Democratic Party donor's son.
article_snippet: Hugh had been paid $400,000 by a Democratic Party donor to lobby for that outcome.
article_snippet: Hugh later returned the money as a scandal grew.
article_snippet: Hillary, then a freshman U.S. senator from New York, distanced Rodham from Hugh in a press conference. '
article_snippet: I did not know Hugh was involved in any way in any of this,' Rodham said at the time. '
article_snippet: I did not have any involvement in the pardons that were granted or not granted, and I'm just very disappointed about Hugh's involvement.'
article_snippet: President Clinton overruled objections from the Justice Department in granting the request.
article_snippet: post-earthquake relief work organized in part by Bill Clinton was conducted through the Clinton Foundation, a philanthropy that now bears Hillary's name.