Raw Story Exclusive:Judge FINALLY Ends Inquiry Into Clinton Admin Official

[kpete]

Exclusive: Judge finally calls end to inquiry into Clinton Administration official

RAW STORY
Published: Wednesday April 5, 2006

The longest-running independent counsel investigation in history -- focused on a Clinton Administration official -- will finally come to an end, RAW STORY has learned, after a D.C. judge shot down an appeal to extend the probe last week.

The prosecutor, David Barrett, has been pursuing the case of former Clinton Administration Housing Secretary Henry G. Cisneros for ten years. His appeal appeal to extend his inquiry, which Congress okayed shutting down in January, was shot down by a D.C. judge Mar. 31.

Barrett was investigating whether Mr. Cisneros evaded paying income taxes and lied to FBI investigators during background checks. He was appointed by Clinton Attorney General Janet Reno in 1995.

RAW STORY obtained the judge's order Wednesday.


http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Exclusive_Judge_finally_calls_end_to_0405.html

[DURHAM D]

1. Thank God - at last the persecution of the Clinton WH will end. eom

[Chimichurri]

2. I wish this much money and energy were put towards something

more menacing...Bush and his war minions.

What a complete waste!

[Minnesota Libra]

3. Wow, let's hear it for an end to...................

....the complete waste of taxpayer money.:hi: Nice to see at least one fair minded judge still on the bench.:pals: Bet the neocons/fundies will be appealing this one all the way to the US SC.:puke:

[Fridays Child]

4. Sentelle did this? Who would have thought?

Maybe he and his ilk want to make a case for rejecting any calls to investigate their pals, and having a Clinton witch hunt still open might make that more difficult.

[Inland]

5. And you said that corruptiona nd crimes weren't being investigated.

You probably didn't realize that we weren't done with the Clinton-related investigations. Soon, there will be time and money to look into something else. Sure.

[MrMonk]

6. 10 years to investigate a charge of income tax evasion

Wasn't Cisneros also investigated over a pair of football tickets?
How much was spent on that one?

[cmkramer]

7. No

That was Mike Espy. He was cleared of all charges IIRC.

[Texasgal]

8. Jeez...

I wonder how much TAX money was wasted on this CRAP!