Question about Cisneros

[sidwill]

Did Cisneros get sentenced to do any time? I thought he was just fined but some wingnut is claiming that his sentence was commuted by Clinton.

Does anyone have the lowdown with link on this?

[madokie]

1. No link but I believe I remember clinton pardoning him

[Catherine Vincent]

2. I don't think anyone knows.

This was so long ago that no one cares anymore except right wing Clinton-haters.

[PRETZEL]

3. He pardoned him,

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010120/aponline135239_000.htm

The pardon was done on Clinton's last day in office.

[underpants]

4. $10,000 no time no probation then he was pardoned

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/09/07/cisneros.trial/

Under the agreement, Cisneros will pay a $10,000 fine, but will not face prison, probation or any other penalty.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Just look what you get for $22 million in taxpayers' money! Such a deal.

[Bridget Burke]

6. They got rid of a dangerous Democrat--quite a bargain for Bush & Co!

Henry Cisneros was the popular mayor of San Antonio. He was also a graduate of Texas A&M--back when the Aggies were not known for diversity. Smart & charismatic, he was expected to go far--Governor of Texas? Perhaps even higher?

Cisneros never hid the fact that he'd had a mistress. He told the world he was in love. But his wife had another baby--a son with serious heart defects. So he broke off the affair. He did lie when he told the FBI how much he paid the ex-mistress. (All across Texas, women complained "He would not have had to pay me!")

His political aspirations have ended--which was the whole point of the long, drawn-out exercise.

But some idiots still consider him dangerous; don't click if you've got a weak stomach:

www.americanpatrol.com/REFERENCE/cisnerosquote.html

Cisneros was fined $10,000 but did not receive jail time or probation. He was one of the "controversial" Clinton pardons. Of course, people conveniently forget Bush I's pardons--some of which were designed to save his own skin. And I'm sure Bush II will pardon a bunch of pals--if he lasts that long.

[Saphire]

7. he's still f*cking around here in SA....