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Roger Clinton pardons testimony postponed

Roger Clinton, in a 1998 file photo, was pardoned by former President Bill Clinton earlier this year, for a 1985 drug conviction.

From Adam Reiss
CNN New York Bureau

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A scheduled appearance by Roger Clinton before a grand jury looking into President Clinton's pardons has been postponed indefinitely, his attorney told CNN Friday.

The attorney, Bart Williams of Los Angeles, said the U.S. attorney's office in New York told him the former president's half brother would not have to appear Friday before a grand jury convened in White Plains, about an hour north of New York City.

Williams said he would submit documents Friday in response to a subpoena relating to the pardons. But Roger Clinton will not appear before the grand jury unless Assistant U.S. Attorney Elliot Jacobson calls on him to do so, Williams said.

"We have not been told about another date," Williams added. "Roger Clinton would love to scream from the hilltops and talk to everyone, including reporters. But I won't let him."

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Roger Clinton had been expected to testify Friday regarding allegations by a Texas man and his mother.

Ed Hayes, a Manhattan lawyer, told CNN in a phone interview Friday that Roger Clinton had received a subpoena from the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan ordering him to appear before a grand jury regarding the Texans' claims.

Hayes said his clients, Guy and Alberta Lincecum, said they were swindled by a group of three men, including Roger Clinton, who promised Clinton would obtain a pardon for Guy's brother, Garland Lincecum, in exchange for $200,000.

Garland Lincecum is in prison, convicted in a scheme to defraud investors in Southern California.

Hayes said the Lincecums paid $200,000 to an Arkansas company called "CLM LLC." He said the first "C" in the company's name stood for Clinton. The Texas pair contend Roger Clinton defrauded them because he did nothing to get the pardon, Hayes said.

However, Hayes conceded that Roger Clinton never met the Lincecums and never had any direct contact with them. And two $100,000 checks that Hayes faxed to CNN to support the Lincecum claim only raised more questions. One of the checks was written to--rather than from--Guy Lincecum, according to the fax sent to CNN.

Moreover, Arkansas state records show no connection between Roger Clinton and the now-defunct CLM LLC, a spokesman in the state's office of corporate records told CNN.

Williams, Roger Clinton's attorney, declined to comment on the claims from Lincecum and Hayes.

The U.S. attorney's office in New York declined to comment on the investigation.

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