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Cisneros trial set to begin
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Hous
ing Secretary Henry Cisneros, a one-time
rising Democratic star whose luster was
tarnished by an extramarital affair, heads
into court this week to defend himself
against conspiracy and obstruction
charges.
Jury selection begins tomorrow, more
than a year and a half after Cisneros was
charged in an 18-count indictment that
contends that while under consideration
Tor a post in the Clinton Cabinet, he con-
TSpired with one-time paramour Linda
_Jones to conceal the scope of his more
"than $250,000 in payments to her. He has
pleaded innocent.
If convicted, Cisneros could be sen
tenced to up to five years in prison on
each count.
Jones is the government’s star witness,
albeit one whose credibility will come un-
"der sustained attack from Cisneros’ high-
“dollar legal team. Formerly known as
Linda Medlar, she agreed to testify
against her ex-lover in a bid to gain a re
duction in the 3 1/2-year prison sentence
she was given after running afoul of the
same independent counsel prosecuting
Cisneros.
Eighty-eight tape recordings that Jones
secretly made of her phone conversations
with Cisneros as their relationship soured
are at the heart of Independent Counsel
David Barrett’s case. Cisneros’ lawyers la
bored mightily during a 13-day pretrial
hearing in July to quash their use, saying
many tapes bore signs of heavy editing.
“Tapes, as we all know, are very pow
erful evidence,” Cisneros lawyer Brendan
Sullivan said at the conclusion of the
hearing. “Tapes that are altered are pow
erfully misleading.”
“Tapes, as we all know, are
very powerful evidence.
Tapes that are altered are
powerfully misleading”
— Brendan Sullivan
Cisneros' lawyer
U.S. District Judge Stanley Sporkin re
jected the defense’s argument. Of the 26
tapes that prosecutors want to play for ju
rors, Sporkin is allowing 22 in their en
tirety and portions of four others.
Cisneros “has presented no direct evi
dence that the voice on the tapes is not
his, nor that the statements attributed to
him are inaccurate,” Sporkin said of the
tapes, recorded between April 1990 and
December 1993.
Jones, 50, and Cisneros, 52, became
romantically involved in 1987 while he
was mayor. The 2 1/2-year affair, which
attracted extensive news coverage, ended
when Cisneros returned to his wife and
three children.
While the recordings’ admissibility at
trial constituted a victory for Barrett’s
team, a former federal prosecutor cau
tioned that tapes can sometimes backfire
on the prosecution.
“Any time a prosecutor gets evidence
that’s admissible, it’s helpful,” Washing
ton lawyer Joseph DiGenova, himself a
former independent counsel and one
time U.S. attorney, said. “Whether or not
the jury reads it the same way as the pros
ecution, that’s questionable.”
Jones’ recordings, some of which the
government acknowledges were edited,
capture conversations in which she and
Cisneros discussed their financial deal
ings. They also reflect Cisneros’ charac
terizations of his discussions about the
money with the Clinton transition team
and the FBI agents conducting his Cabi
net background check.
Jackson addressed
Bush drug questio
NEW YORK (AP) — Texas Gov.
George W. Bush is "a rich man’s son
caught in a poor man’s trap” on the sub
ject of answering questions about
whether he used illegal
drugs in his younger
days, Rev. Jesse Jack-
son said yesterday.
Speaking with re
porters after giving a
sermon at a Manhat
tan church, Jackson
said the Republican
presidential candidate
and Texas governor had failed to show
leadership on the drug issue in a state
whose “No. 1 growth economy is jails,
based upon drugs.”
Jackson claimed that 80 percent of a
Texas prison population of 140,000 are
under drug sentences, while Bush him
self refuses to say whether he did or did
not use narcotics in his youth.
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Pastor’s death halts abuse probe
DALLAS (AP) — A retired Presbyterian pastor has
died while being investigated for sex abuse that al
legedly happened years ago, halting his denomina
tion’s probe of the charges.
North Texas Presbyterian leaders may meet with
the nine women who accused the Rev. Bill Pruitt, a
longtime missionary and associate pastor of Highland
Park Presbyterian Church.
And despite Pruitt’s death, the women still may
file a lawsuit if they decide the denomination has not
addressed their accusations against Pruitt.
The women, who testified Pruitt molested them as
.girls in the 1960s and ’70s, have been notified that
church investigators are powerless to proceed after
Pruitt died Aug. 12 at 88. Pruitt had denied allegations.
Some of the women told The Dallas Morning News
they are disappointed and worry that the denomina
tion might not be willing to re-examine its policies
and safeguards in abuse cases without being sued.
“It feels like they’re just dropping the ball,” Pamela
Pritchard, one of six original accusers who said last
fall that Pruitt molested them in Africa, where their
parents did mission work with him, said. “It feels to
me like a cover-up, and the church is going to close
up and cover it back up once again.”
But the Rev. David Wasserman, administrator of
the denomination’s regional governing body, known
as Grace Presbytery, said the church wants “to do
what it can to care for its children and to take a look
at procedures, practices, policies,” he said. “Exactly
how extensive the church will go, I can’t say.”
Several of the women said that they had been con
tacted about a possible meeting with church leaders
this fall.
At least 11 women have accused Pruitt of abusing
them as girls in the 1960s and ’70s. Most say the
abuse occurred in Africa but at least three allege that
he molested them in the Highland Park area.
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GALVESTON (AP) — When a
monster hurricane hit Galveston is
land in 1900, residents were caught
off guard as the tides surged and
winds roared. With no time to flee
or plan, about 8,000 people died.
As the 100-year anniversary of
the nation’s worst natural disaster
approaches, residents have start
ed planning well in advance to
honor those who faced the Sept.
8, 1900, storm.
“It was such a defining mo
ment in our history,” Betty
Massey, director of the Galveston
Historical Foundation, said. “Peo
ple want to connect themselves to
the past, to learn more about the
tragedy. ”
For 20 months, a committee of
residents has been plotting a mas
sive commemoration not only of
the tragedy, but of the city’s re
birth and rebuilding.
Massey said the group wants to
show how islanders rallied to
gether amid all the destruction.
One project, backed by the
Galveston Commission for the
Arts, is acquiring a sculpture of a
man, woman and daughter to
stand on the seawall.
“We felt the city needed a place
where people could go to remem
ber the survivors of the storm,”
Massey told The Galveston Coun
ty Daily News. "The only one we
have right now is a large rock. We
wanted to create a place to re
member them.”
Also planned is a memorial ser
vice at Kermit Courville Stadium
and plaques for all buii:
homes that withstood tt;
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storm memorabilia.
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