America's long hell is over

The longest-running independent counsel investigation in history -- focused on a former 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.