Ken Starr, whose probe of Clintons exposed Lewinsky affair, 76
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Via: vic-eldred • 2 years ago • 13 commentsBy: Emily Crane (New York Post)
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Ken Starr, a former federal judge whose investigation of Bill and Hillary Clinton's Whitewater scandal uncovered the 42nd president's affair with Monica Lewinsky and led to the second impeachment of a president in American history, died Tuesday at a Houston hospital.
Starr, a former US solicitor general during the George H.W. Bush administration, was 76. He died of complications from surgery, a spokeswoman said.
"We are deeply saddened with the loss of our dear and loving father and grandfather, whom we admired for his prodigious work ethic, but who always put his family first," his son Randall said in a statement.
"The love, energy, endearing sense of humor, and fun-loving interest dad exhibited to each of us was truly special, and we cherish the many wonderful memories we were able to experience with him."
Starr was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in 1983. He served in that post for nearly six years before resigning to become solicitor general, with current Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as his prinicpal deputy.
Bush reportedly considered Starr for the Supreme Court nomination that ultimately went to David Souter.
Ken Starr died in Houston, Texas on Tuesday. He was 76.Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
In 1994, a special three-judge panel of the DC Circuit tapped Starr to investigate Whitewater, a complex probe of real estate investments by the Clintons that expanded to take in the president's affair with Lewinsky.
Starr graphically documented Bill Clinton's illicit encounters with the then-White House intern in the Starr report, which came out in the summer of 1998. The Republican-controlled House quickly impeached Clinton on articles of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the affair. Clinton was acquitted by the Senate in 1999.
Starr is survived by his wife of 52 years, Alice Mendell Starr, his three children and nine grandchildren.
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Most will only remember him for the Clinton investigation.
Why should anyone remember him for anything else? Conservative federal judges are a dime a dozen these days.
Interpretation: Somebody got to appoint a lot of judges that you don't like?
The word "Conservative" is given to mean rational.
Bingo!
The amazing thing is that Starr was supposed to get the Supreme Court appointment that Souter got. George H.W. Bush thought Starr was too much of an independent and went with Souter and we all know how that turned out.
... that turned into a BJ who done it after a bogus corruption start. too bad he wasn't interested in sex while he was at baylor, since he was ignoring, then mishandling, several sexual assault issues on campus.
As are a lot of things.
If only old Bill could have kept it in his pants or been remotely honest about it, none of it would have required a special investigation.
Lol. He convicted a governor, and an associate Attorney General among others for corruption.
If's that " bogus" there aren't words to describe the failure of Mueller and his zero convictions for collusion.
Democrats didn't believe laws apply to Presidents. Now they do. Or don't, if its Joe Biden. Their situational ethics are hard to keep track of.
“Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar, and then sometimes it's a dildo". - Bubba
So just ignoring Clinton's perjury and obstruction?
Clinton even admitted he committed perjury. Why can't you?
That deal may have been Starr's finest hour.