There Was No Cisneros Coverup
There's an excellent op-ed in today's Washington Post by Washington lawyer Robert Litt, who was the principal associate deputy attorney general in the late 90's, on the fake Cisneros scandal. He knows, because he was there. I urge you all to read his article for insights into the independent counsel's collossal waste of $22 million dollars over six years. Litt begins:
An independent counsel has issued a report claiming that officials of the Clinton administration blocked his investigation into allegations of tax violations by former housing secretary Henry Cisneros. Although these sensational charges have been trumpeted by partisans as evidence of Democratic corruption, they are completely false.
After debunking Independent Counsel Robert Barrett's claims, Litt concludes:
Sadly, this independent counsel seemed unable to recognize that different lawyers could reach different conclusions in good faith. Instead, he decided that everyone who disagreed with him could only be corrupt. He did not let the complete absence of evidence to support that fantasy deter him from smearing nonpolitical government lawyers, who have devoted their careers to serving the public, without hearing their side of the story. That's the real scandal.
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