In 2000, two months after her election, President Clinton pardoned four residents of the New Square Hasidic enclave in Brooklyn, who had been convicted of defrauding the Federal government. Critics were skeptical, because the New Square district had a strong tradition of "block voting." Later, a Federal investigation cleared both Clintons of any illegal activity regarding the New Square district allegations.
Senator Clinton came under criticism in 2004 after commenting on Mahatma Gandhi during a Democratic fund-raiser, saying that Gandhi was someone "who ran a gas station down in Saint Louis". Many took Clintons' words as stereotyping South Asians living in the United States. Clinton later apologized, stating she was making "a lame attempt at humor" and "admired the work and life of Mahatma Gandhi and had spoken publicly about that many times."[1] (.
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