11.   Mrs. Clinton said Wednesday night that her brother had not spoken with her about the pardon applications.

12.   Nonetheless, Clinton acted on very few pardon applications in his early years, even those that had received favorable recommendations from the Justice Department.

13.   Other pardon applications are pending before the Georgia board.

14.   Podesta and Nolan said they left the meeting believing that Clinton was convinced that the Rich pardon application should be rejected.

15.   Quinn did not file the pardon application with the Justice Department but directly with the White House, contrary to normal clemency procedures.

16.   The Justice Department should recognize that disclosure of pardon applications is appropriate, given that pardon requests seek extraordinary relief from the normal judicial process.

17.   Under Justice Department rules, a person convicted of a federal crime must wait at least five years after completing a sentence before filing a pardon application.

18.   While most pardon applications are submitted to the Justice Department, the Rich petition went straight to the White House.

19.   With the Clinton White House struggling with many last-minute goals, imperfections in the package sailed past the people who were vetting pardon applications.

20.   Cunningham confirmed his work in preparing pardon applications for submission to the Justice Department in an interview with The Associated Press.