Pardongate

English

Etymology

pardon +‎ -gate

Proper noun

Pardongate

1. (informal) The 2001 controversy around Bill Clinton's pardons of 140 people, including Patty Hearst, on his last day in office as President of the United States.
   • 2004, Carl Limbacher, Hillary's Scheme: Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White House:

     Newly elected Senator Hillary Clinton suddenly found herself caught up in Pardongate's swirl, as prosecutors began reviewing her husband's grant of clemency for four upstate New York rabbis whose village voted for her […]

   • 2006, Lynn Vincent, Robert Stacy McCain, Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party:

     […] hearings on Pardongate, Clinton's eleventh-hour clemency spree, were still under way.

   • 2017, BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Clinton Crack-Up: Review and Analysis of R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.'s Book:

     Nicknamed “Elvis,” Clinton is considered a “rock star” by the left wing of the Democratic Party, perhaps because he left the White House in shambles after his presidential tour. Whitewater, Travelgate, Monicagate, and Pardongate […]

Anagrams

• patronaged