English Dictionary

Pardongate

固有名詞

くだけた表現

(informal) The 2001 controversy around Bill Clinton's pardons of 140 people, including Patty Hearst, on his last day in office as President of the United States.

日本語の意味

2001年に、米国大統領ビル・クリントンが大統領在任最後の日に、パティ・ハーストを含む140人に対する恩赦を実施したことに関連して起こった論争（非公式な表現）

Pardongate reignited public debate about the ethics of presidential clemency after Bill Clinton issued pardons to 140 people, including Patty Hearst, on his final day in office.

ビル・クリントン大統領が退任最終日にパティ・ハーストを含む140人に恩赦を与えたことをめぐる2001年の論争は、大統領の恩赦の倫理に関する世論の議論を再燃させた。

意味（1）

(informal) The 2001 controversy around Bill Clinton's pardons of 140 people, including Patty Hearst, on his last day in office as President of the United States.

Newly elected Senator Hillary Clinton suddenly found herself caught up in Pardongate's swirl, as prosecutors began reviewing her husband's grant of clemency for four upstate New York rabbis whose village voted for her […]