Pardons are like stray landmines: you never know when they’ll blow up on you.
BY KENNETH R. BAZINET and JAMES GORDON MEEK in Washington and CELESTE KATZ in New York
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
The father of a convicted housing scammer at the heart of a pardon controversy scored a bonus meeting with President Bush after giving big bucks to the GOP, the Daily News has learned.
Robert Toussie, who gave the Republican National Committee $28,500 in March, traveled to Crawford, Tex., to meet with Bush.
The President granted a pardon for Toussie’s housing scammer son Isaac last week, but he yanked it back a day later. White House spokesman Tony Fratto confirmed to The News that Robert Toussie attended the party for big-bucks donors near the President’s ranch in Crawford.
Toussie got to hang with Bush, as well as ex-President George H.W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, at the cash bash.
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