Clinton Officials Blocked Probe, Counsel Says ; Cisneros' Taxes at Issue

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A 10-year, $22 million investigation into former Housing Secretary Henry G. Cisneros says Clinton-administration officials blocked an independent counsel probe into his failure to pay income taxes on "hush money" payments he made to a mistress.

The inquiry by independent counsel David M. Barrett concludes in a 474-page report that the treatment of possible criminal charges against Mr. Cisneros by the Clinton Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service "was at best questionable and at worst represented serious wrongdoing."

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Clinton Officials Blocked Probe, Counsel Says ; Cisneros' Taxes at Issue

"There seems to be no question that Cisneros was given special consideration and more limited scrutiny because of who he was - an important political appointee," according to the heavily redacted report, released yesterday.

Mr. Barrett, in the report, said tha...

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