G_1425907107383.jpg' alt='Presidential Service Badge Serial Numbers' title='Presidential Service Badge Serial Numbers' />The Face of Scandal Vanity Fair. I have a two word answer Denise Rich. Sampletank 2.5 Xl. Senator John Mc. Cain, asked about the need for campaign finance reform. Denise Rich is finally getting the tidal wave of publicity she always craved, but theres a downside to it. IMG_4231G01.JPG' alt='Presidential Service Badge Serial Numbers' title='Presidential Service Badge Serial Numbers' />Since she image photos5. Bill Clinton to pardon her fugitive billionaire ex husband, Marc Rich, the songwriter and political party giver is blinded by flashbulbs at every event she attends, but she is also bombarded with questions Rich, who adores the attention, eagerly wades right up to the lenses, flashing cleavage and major jewelry, and firmly stays on message as if no brash questions had been asked Im just here to talk about my music. Did you see my daughters fabulous fashion show Meanwhile, behind the scenes, her entire existence is being turned upside down, according to Brad Boles, her imagist, who acts as her dresser, makeup man, and confidant. She has lawyers examining every inch of her life under a microscope, he says. Morrisons has sparked outrage by suspending a checkout assistant for wearing a Help for Heroes wristband and poppy badge in tribute to murdered soldier Lee Rigby. Dear DNAinfo and Gothamist Readers Today, Ive made the difficult decision to discontinue publishing DNAinfo and Gothamist. Reaching this decision wasnt easy. Get the latest breaking news across the U. S. on ABCNews. com. Denise Rich is all about connections her hit songwriting powered her social aspirations, which powered her fundraising. Marc Rich is defined by his money, the kind. The Great Republic Presidents and States of the United States of America, and Comments on American History. Taking everything together then, I declare that our city. In February she declined to appear before Congress, invoking the protection of the Fifth Amendment against self incrimination. In mid April her lawyer labored to work out a deal to have her cooperate with the office of the U. S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, which is investigating President Clintons 1. In exchange for limited immunity, Rich is now expected to appear before the grand jury. She will also be called before the House Government Reform Committee. Its almost a Shakespearean tragedy, one of Richs legal advisers tells me. She marries young and then finds herself living abroad with a fugitive. She decides to rebuild her life and returns to the United States. She becomes a successful songwriter. Then her daughter dies. Now this. Jews dont usually pray to angels, but Rich, who has endured more than her share of grief, fervently believes in calling on them for everything I got a whole angel chorus up there humming. I really believe angels are happiest when youre happy. After she petitions her angels, she claims, her song lyrics streak right through her. She also consults gurus and psychics, takes 3. One great life I had, I was an Indian woman who ran around giving people herbs and lived in Native America. As her soulful lyrics for such rhythm and blues singers as Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Patti La. Belle, and Mary J. Blige might indicate, Rich also believes there is definitely a black person inside of me waiting to get out. Im sure I was once black. Natalie Cole, who is a close friend, told me one night in the living room of Richs New York penthouse that before Denises photo got published so often, people thought she was black. There is no denying that Rich is a real songwriter with a big career. Shes not afraid to be vulnerable, says Cole, who co wrote last years Livin for Love, a No. Rich. She speaks on behalf of women. Her lyrics are about what she imagines women have gone through, what she has gone through. Richs duet for Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige, Dont Waste Your Time, was nominated for a Grammy, and she has written hits for Cline Dion and Marc Anthony, as well as the title song for the film The First Wives Club. After a recent radio station appearance in Jersey City, Rich was on the phone in the backseat of a town car, chatting with Ricky Martins manager in fluent Spanish. This too shall pass, she said. I want to write a song called Perdoname. Although Rich may kid about her current situation, in the months ahead shell need her angels more than ever. According to Rich, her only sister, Monique, who died of cancer at 4. Frankie, a No. 1 song in Britain recorded by Sister Sledge. Richs mother also died of cancer, a few years after Monique, and in 1. Richs middle daughter, Gabrielle, died at 2. Responding to Gabrielles last wish, Rich formed a foundation to find a cure for cancer. Much of her severely scrutinized Democratic gift giving, in fact, began as a lure to get President Clinton to come to her biennial Angel Ball in New York. She has to give a few hundred thousand in order to make sure Clinton shows up at the ball, says Kalman Sporn, the self described gay Republican businessman son of an Orthodox rabbi, who has helped Rich organize the events. Its a small price to pay to ensure he shows, and it means celebrities give more and all the corporations buy tables. Gabrielle is always with me, Rich says, and she often wears an old suede jacket of Gabrielles for good luck. Id give anythingId dieto have my daughter back. But with her death I learned another strength inside me I didnt know I had. Rich is convinced it was Gabrielle whispering in her ear from on high that prompted her to forgive her ex husband after a bitterly fought divorce, and to intercede on his behalf for a pardon from Bill Clinton, an action which has sullied her and stained Clintons legacy forever. The fact that Marc Rich cheated on her after they fled to Switzerland 1. U. S. history, that he traded with Iran during the hostage crisis and defiantly renounced his U. S. citizenship rather than face a trial hereall that has been washed away with a mothers tears. As for her notorious list of gifts to the Clintons7,0. Chappaqua, New York, house 4. Clinton Library more than 1. Hillarys Senate campaign more than 1 million for the Democratic National Committee, not to mention many millions more raised at Democratic fund raisers in her apartmentRich dismisses all that airily as a piffling amount. About the furniture for Chappaqua two coffee tables and two chairs, she says, Everybody gave furniture. There was a list going around from the decorator. In her eyes there was no quid pro quo whatsoever. The truth is, there are a lot more people who gave a lot more money. Of course it gave me access to the Clintons, she admits, but it went beyond that. There was truly a friendship with both of them. Since the pardon, however, she has not heard from her good friends. Instead, Rich has joined the bruised and swollen ranks of so many others who displayed generous impulses toward the Clintons. She is paying fat legal fees and spending untold hours on the various investigations into the Rich pardon, by Congress, the F. B. I., and the U. S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mary Jo White. Today Denise Rich, who spent millions and worked so hard to erase the stigma of always being described as former wife of the fugitive financier, and who briefly tasted the triumph of being able to stick it to her ex husband that it had been her influence that got him pardoned, finds that he goes right on poisoning her. Overnight she has become this years poster girl for campaign finance reform and a synonym for wretched excess. Rich has a staff of six maids, two butlers, a cook, and a secretary, as well as two drivers, two masseuses, a hairdresser, a trainer, a yoga instructor, and a personal photographer on call. Her imagist often travels with her, as does Jimmy Hester, the vice president of Denise Rich Songs, her music company. In Manhattan, four people work for the company, and two more are employed by her foundation. She also maintains staffs at her houses in Southampton and Aspen. Richs mammoth two story creamy beige marbled apartment, said to be in the 4.