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Marc Rich was clearly a tax cheat. What made his case pardon-worthy was that he was singled out for criminal, not civil prosecution, unlike every other similarly situated defendant. The pardon still left him exposed to civil prosecution. If that is "sleazy", the definition is rather exacting. From where I sit, selective prosecution is "sleazy."
It is precisely to correct such miscarriages of justice that the pardon power exists. No corrupt quid pro quo has ever been shown here (and DA Mary Jo White tried). Glenn should really save his outrage for the actually outrageous, and not another manufactured pseudo-scandal by the Clinton-hating MSM.
