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
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I also know that there's a time and a season, and I think that time, had there been one, has long since passed.
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I would say it is utterly incomplete and grossly misleading,
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I think it is fair to say that the Act has been a worthwhile experiment. Like most experiments that are professionally conducted, it has yielded significant results, ... The results, I believe, support this conclusion: Jurisdiction and authority over these cases ought to be returned to the Justice Department. And who will oversee them? The Congress, the press and the public.
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With no institutional defender, independent counsels are especially vulnerable to partisan attack,
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Unfortunately, we have seen already that a duly appointed career prosecutor, a career prosecutor, has already come under criticism and I think that's very unfortunate, ... Let's depoliticize it. Let's say that is now in the hands of very distinguished career prosecutor, Bob Ray.
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We were guided by Sam Dash, who had very strong views on that.
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We must know that thewitness is telling the truth. Give us transparency. Give us the facts.
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The conversation between the president and Ms. Lewinsky on December 17 was a critical turning point. The evidence suggests that the president chose to engage in a criminal act -- to reach an understanding with Ms. Lewinsky that they would both make false statements under oath. At that moment, the president's intimate relationship with a subordinate employee was transformed. It was transformed into an unlawful effort to thwart the judicial process. This was no longer an issue of private conduct.
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The statute tries to cram a fourth branch of government into our three-branch system.
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Charges have been made. We'll look into those charges but let's find out the facts. Let's find out the facts.
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I love Sam. I respect him. I admire him. He's a total man of principle. I have really profited from his judgment. I think it was a matter of principle. It was so important to him.
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In late 1997, we considered whether this evidence justified a referral to Congress, ... We drafted a report. But we concluded that it would be inconsistent with the statutory standard because of the difficulty of establishing the truth with a sufficient degree of confidence.
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... in each case known to individuals outside my office.
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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.