Day 602

60 Minutes documents paid pardon brokers

CBS's 60 Minutes airs a hidden-camera investigation of brokers, including Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, charging fees CBS put at $300,000 to $3 million to seek pardons. Former pardon office head Ed Martin, who left the post nine days before the broadcast, calls the brokers 'snake oil salesmen.'

From: Systematic Pardons of Political Allies and Financial Criminals — $1.3 Billion in Victim Restitution Erased