Ken Starr
Ken Starr
Kenneth Winston "Ken" Starris an American lawyer who has also been a federal judge and U.S. Solicitor General. He is the former President and Chancellor of Baylor University, and currently holds the Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law at Baylor University Law School. He carried out a controversial investigation of members of the Clinton administration...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth21 July 1946
CountryUnited States of America
concern constitute crime emphasize high judgment passes president relationship
At the outset, I want to emphasize that our referral never suggests that the relationship between the president and Ms. Lewinsky, in and of itself, could constitute a high crime or misdemeanor. Indeed, the referral never passes judgment on the president's relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. The propriety of a relationship is not the concern of our office.
moving progress quickly
moving very quickly and we've made very significant progress.
charges facts
Charges have been made. We'll look into those charges but let's find out the facts. Let's find out the facts.
further gathered information ongoing
further information gathered as part of your ongoing investigation.
deeply goes law political
This law intrudes deeply into political life. It goes too far,
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Either Monica Lewinsky lied to the grand jury, or President Clinton lied ... under any rational view of the evidence, the president lied,
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Since your last appearance before the grand jury in September 1996 we have been able to obtain a copy of this check and confirm it's your handwriting on the check. You signed this check, correct?
false
That is false and you know it to be false,
accept jury spoken
The jury has spoken and we accept the jury's verdict, ... we are getting our assessments.
believes case entitled frivolous lie motivated oath questions simply
no one is entitled to lie under oath simply because he or she does not like the questions or because he believes the case is frivolous or financially motivated or politically motivated.
carry
We try to carry on this investigation in a most professional way,
facts telling
We must know that thewitness is telling the truth. Give us transparency. Give us the facts.
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We contacted Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder within 48 hours after Ms. Tripp provided us information ... About Ms. Tripp's tapes and the questions concerning their legality under state law. About the consensual FBI recording of Ms. Tripp and Ms. Lewinsky. About the indications that Vernon Jordan was providing employment assistance to a witness who had the potential to harm the president ... We discussed jurisdiction. We noted that it is in everyone's interest to avoid time-consuming jurisdictional challenges.
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We were guided by Sam Dash, who had very strong views on that.