Addenda: 'Paying for It, Lying About It—And Getting Away With It' ('Sex' Section)

Following is addenda to the chapter "Paying for It, Lying About It — And Getting Away With It," which appears in the "Sex" section of Texas Confidential. Page 48 begins with the words "of lying to the FBI and was fined $10,000 but did not receive prison time or even probation." When Secretary of Housing Henry Cisneros (shown below), the former mayor of San Antonio, lied to the FBI about money he paid his mistress, it caused him untold problems, tarnished a presidential administration, and cost the American taxpayers a lot of money. Following is the entirety of the first paragraph, with the missing words boldened.

The independent counsel’s investigation of Cisneros went on until December 1997, when — eleven months after his term as the head of HUD ended — he was indicted on eighteen charges, including conspiracy, making false statements, and obstruction of justice. In September 1999, he negotiated a plea agreement under which he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of lying to the FBI and was fined $10,000 but did not receive prison time or even probation. And some sixteen months later, in January 2001, Clinton pardoned his buddy as one of his last official acts in the Oval Office.