However, Roger continued to court legal trouble.
The president reportedly turned all of Roger’s recommendations down. Roger also submitted six names for his half-brother to pardon, most of them conspirators in his drug dealings. cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=CASH FOR CLEMENCY? Drug-dealer's reprieve called 'highly suspicious' 'We got the guy red-handed with $200,000 in dope now gets a presidential pardon' | date= | publisher= | url = | work = WorldNetDaily | pages = | accessdate = | language = ] Subsequently, his brother granted him a pardon amongst the list of pardons issued on January 19, 2001. When Bill was Governor of Arkansas, Roger pleaded guilty to cocaine distribution in 1984 and served one year of a two-year sentence in return for testifying against a number of other defendants. Roger became a musician and formed a rock band, which Bill Clinton described as talented in his autobiography. was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the son of Virginia Clinton Kelley (1923–1994) and Roger Clinton, Sr., who were Bill Clinton's mother and stepfather, respectively.Īs a child Bill often had to protect Roger from his periodically alcoholic and abusive father. (born July 25, 1956) is an American actor and half-brother of President Bill Clinton.Ĭlinton, Jr.
