...McDermott lost his position on the House Ethics committee for violating state and federal wiretapping laws. U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds, sent to prison for sex with a teenaged subordinate - then pardoned by Bill Clinton (who had used a subordinate for...

...generous Democratic contributor. Also, consider these two incredible commutations: Former Clinton pal and ex-Rep. Mel Reynolds, D-Ill., serving time for bank fraud and sex charges involving a teen-age campaign worker. Four wealthy constituents...

...Columnist Deroy Murdock, commenting on how Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition had hired former congressman Mel Reynolds. Reynolds's sentences for wire and bank fraud were commutated by President Bill Clinton. Reynolds was also convicted...