Barrett Report

The Barrett Report is a 400 page report created by special prosecutor David Barrett. Initially tasked with investigating allegations of lying to the FBI against Henry Cisneros, Secretary of the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development under U.S. President Bill Clinton, the investigation eventually delved into allegations that President Clinton had used the U.S. Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service as political tools against American citizens. [cite web
url=http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200511181743.asp
title=A Cover-up of the Barrett Report? Congress’s action might keep it under wraps
first=Bryon
last=York
publisher=National Review
date=2005-11-18]

Cisneros, a former San Antonio mayor, eventually pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI. He paid a US$10,000 fine and was pardoned by President Clinton on Clinton's final day in office. [cite web
url=http://www.nysun.com/article/25880
title=Cisneros Probe Stirred Worries Of Democrats
first=R. Emmett Jr.
last=Tyrrell
coauthors=Brian McGuire
publisher=The New York Sun
date=2006-01-16]

Before the release of the report, three Democrat U.S. Senators, John Kerry, Dick Durbin and Byron Dorgan, forced the redaction of certain pages by attaching a rider to an unrelated appropriations bill. [cite web
url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080124/EDITORIAL/774081954
title=A GOP ace in the hole?
first=Mark
last=Goodman
publisher=Washington Times
date=2008-01-24]

ee also

*Henry Cisneros payments controversy

References

External links

* [http://barrett.oic.gov/finalreport/index.htm Final Report: Office of Independent Counsel David M. Barrett In Re Henry G. Cisneros]