The fallout nearly ended the career of Assistant U.S. Attorney William Hogan Jr., at the time a rising star in the Justice Department who had overseen the prosecution. Hogan was fired from his job amid an FBI investigation into the bombshell allegations, but he fought to clear his name. Two years later, Hogan was ordered reinstated to his post at the U.S. attorney's office by an administrative judge who found no convincing evidence of wrongdoing on his part.