1.   A law enforcement official said the Justice Department received several dozen requests for information on possible pardon candidates in January.

2.   Clinton conceded that a more typical pardon candidate would be someone who had served a prison sentence and thereafter lived within the law.

3.   The Justice Department typically expects pardon candidates to have served their time before applying.

4.   The same message suggested that another high-profile pardon candidate, Michael Milken, would not receive one.