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The Cisneros Indictment

Complete, unedited text of Independent Counsel David M. Barrett's Dec. 11, 1997, indictment against former housing secretary Henry G. Cisneros and three co-defendants. The 66-page document is presented below in five parts.

Note: Typographical errors from the original document are preserved. Others may have been introduced by the scanning process.

Part One
Cover Page
Background to All Counts

Principal Entities

The Clinton-Gore Transition Team and the Background Investigation Process

Part Two
Background (continued)

Cisneros's Extramarital Affair With Medlar

Cisneros's Payments to Medlar

Cisneros's Nomination and Confirmation as Secretary of HUD

Cisneros's Position of Public Trust

Part Three
Background (continued)

Medlar's Lawsuit Against Cisneros for Breach of Contract and Fraud and Cisneros's Press Release

The Inside Edition Episode

Subsequent Investigations of Cisneros; Medlar's Violation of Her Immunity Agreement

The Defendants

Other Individuals and Entities

Part Four
The Counts

One: Conspiracy to Defraud the United States; Conspiracy to Commit Offenses Against the United States

Part Five
The Counts (continued)

Two: False, Fictitious and Fraudulent Statement and Representation on Dec. 14, 1992

Three Through Five: False, Fictitious and Fraudulent Statements and Representations on Dec. 30, 1992

Six Through Nine: Scheme to Falsify, Conceal and Cover Up a Material Fact by Trick, Scheme and Device

Ten Through 16: False, Fictitious and Fraudulent Statements and Representations on Jan. 7, 1993

Seventeen: Scheme to Falsify, Conceal and Cover Up a Material Fact by Trick, Scheme and Device

Eighteen: Obstruction of Justice

Nineteen: False, Fictitious and Fraudulent Statement and Representation on Feb. 13, 1995

Twenty: False, Fictitious and Fraudulent Statement and Representation on Aug. 21, 1996

Twenty-one: False, Fictitious and Fraudulent Statement and Representation on Sept. 17, 1996

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The Complete 66-Page Indictment (may take awhile to download)

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