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Summary of Independent Counsel Investigations
| Target | Administration | Charge | Time spent | Cost | Result |
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| Hamilton Jordan | Carter | cocaine use | | | no indictments |
| Tim Kraft | Carter | cocaine use | | | no indictments |
| Raymond J. Donovan | Reagan | mob ties | | | no indictments |
| Atty. Genl. Edwin Meese 3rd | Reagan | financial improprieties | | | no indictments |
| Michael Deaver | Reagan | perjury; lied about lobbying efforts after leaving office | | | convicted |
| Asst. Atty. Genl. Theodore Olsen | Reagan | deception regarding documents withheld from Congress | 30 months | $1.5 million | no indictments |
| Iran-Contra | Reagan/Bush | illegal sale of arms to Iran, profits directed to Nicaraguan rebels in violation of the Boland Amendment | 6 years | $48 million | 14 indictments, 11 convictions (2 overturned on appeal) |
| Lyn Nofziger | Reagan | violations of lobbying ethics law | 14 months | $3 million | convicted (overturned on appeal) |
| Edwin Meese 3rd | Reagan | alleged involvement in collapse of military contractor Wedtech | | | no indictments |
| W. Lawrence Wallace | Reagan | financial improprieties | | | no indictments |
| 2 Bush officials | Bush | information pertaining to these investigations sealed by court order | | | no action taken |
| HUD, 1983-1989 | Bush | sale of favors, cover-up | 9 years | est. $8 million* | several indictments and convictions |
| Bush campaign | Bush | invasion of privacy of Bill Clinton | 3 years | $2.2 million | no indictments |
| Bill Clinton | Clinton | Whitewater land deal | 6 years | $52 million | disbarred; indicted, impeached and acquitted on perjury/obstruction justice; 33 other people convicted
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| Mike Espy | Clinton | sale of favors, cover-up | 4 years | $17 million | charges filed, acquitted |
| HUD/Henry Cisneros | Clinton | lying to FBI about payments to mistress | 4 years | $9 million | pleads guilty to misdemeanor, felony charges dropped
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| Ron Brown | Clinton | personal finances | 1 year | $3 million | investigation ended when Brown was killed in a plane crash |
| Eli Segal | Clinton | conflict of interest in fund raising | 9 months | $245,000 | no indictments |
| Bruce Babbitt | Clinton | improprieties regarding Indian casino license | 2 years | | no indictments |
| Alexis Herman | Clinton | influence peddling | 2 years | $3 million | cleared; one other person indicted |
| Henry Cisneros | Clinton | tax violations | 10+ years | $22 million | no indictments |
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