It seems the Clinton family is having difficulty staying out of the news these days. Mrs. Clinton’s brother has made headlines this afternoon in regard to his legal difficulties stemming back to the days of the Clinton Presidency:

The SFGate reports:

A lawsuit accusing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s brother of failing to repay debts to a Tennessee carnival operator has been settled.

Tony Rodham was accused of failing to repay $107,000 plus interest to the bankrupt estate of Edgar Allen Gregory Jr. and his wife, Vonna Jo, both of whom received a presidential pardon in 2000.

The case was scheduled to go to trial on Thursday, but the parties reached a settlement agreement, said Rodham attorney Samuel Crocker. The terms were not disclosed.

Rodham had claimed in court documents the money he received from the Gregorys was for consulting services, but the trustee for the Gregory estate said it was a loan.

The Gregorys received pardons for a bank fraud conviction from President Clinton about two years after Rodham became a paid consultant to United Shows of America, a carnival business the couple owned.

Rodham has said he talked to his brother-in-law about the pardon, but he said President Clinton made the decision to grant clemency on the merits of their case.

After President Clinton left office, the Republican-controlled House Committee on Government Reform found that United Shows paid Rodham $240,000 for undocumented consulting services and that President Clinton was interested in the pardons solely because of his contacts with Rodham.

While we might not ever know the terms of this settlement, I am certain the Senator is happy to have closure on another issue that has prompted questions in the past about the former Presidents pardons. Funny though that now she finds it odd when the current President offers a pardon after having made this statement in the past:

Hillary Clinton, who has been critical of President Bush’s decision to commute the sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, said her husband’s pardons were simply a routine exercise in the use of the pardon power, and none was aimed at protecting the Clinton presidency or legacy.

Just a twinge of double standard in play there, don’t you think?