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White House backs pardon, reversal of LI realty scammer

The White House yesterday defended its actions in the case of Isaac Robert Toussie, the Brooklyn developer convicted of a large-scale Suffolk real estate scam, who received a pardon from President George W. Bush on Tuesday, only to have Bush reverse the pardon the next day.

White House spokesman Tony Fratto said in a telephone interview that Bush "followed the process" in granting the pardon...

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