FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AG THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1994 (202) 616-2777 TDD (202) 514-1888 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STATEMENT CONCERNING SECRETARY CISNEROS The Attorney General was asked today whether the Justice Department has opened an investigation into Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros. The Justice Department's reply is as follows: The Ethics in Government Law directs the Attorney General to determine whether information received about a covered person alleging a violation of federal criminal law is specific enough and from a sufficiently credible source to warrant a preliminary investigation. The Justice Department has received information relating to material that was broadcast on the television show "Inside Edition" about Secretary Cisneros, and is proceeding as the law provides. ### 94-544