Ken Starr Quotes (42 Quotes)


    Isn't it odd the Secret Service is willing totestify if it helps a president because they won't be pushed farther away,but that if it's something that may hurt a president, they won't testify.

    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.

    Ginsburg also said he would be moving appropriately ... That would be an excellent thought. That's where you would enforce it.

    I have no recollection of that but I am happy to search my recollection ... I would have to search my recollection ... I cannot recall off the top of my head ... I would have to conduct an interview with my agents ... I would frankly have to search my recollections,

    I also know that there's a time and a season, and I think that time, had there been one, has long since passed.


    On all nine of those occasions, the president fondled and kissed her bare breasts. He touched her genitals ... bringing her to orgasm on two occasions,

    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.

    To reduce the unfortunate personalization of the process in particular in the wake of the inherently divisive impeachment proceedings, the wiser course, I believe, is for another individual to head the investigation.

    seek judicial relief from these tactics, including contempt sanctions, as soon as practicable.

    I'm not going to be making any comment today.

    It isn't in the interest of the First Amendment for distortions, lies about career civil servants to be spread about. We don't know who is spreading them about. But lies and distortions have no place in our First Amendment universe.

    The jury has spoken and we accept the jury's verdict, ... we are getting our assessments.

    Those allegations are possible obstruction of justice, intimidation of witnesses and subornation of perjury, ... Thatis an extraordinary set of circumstances. We're investigating thoseas promptly, as quickly as we can.

    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.

    further information gathered as part of your ongoing investigation.


    My people have assured me ... that they had no indication whatsoever of any involvement (between Tripp and Jones' attorneys,)

    She has high intelligence. Her letter formations show aesthetic awareness and sophistication... She's not a wimpy little girl, but a person of purpose... In her writing, there are different styles, which show her adaptability. This is a person who will try a variety of methods to get what she wants.

    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.

    A compassionate and decent society has to ensure that a death penalty regime is as error-free as humanly possible and as fair as humanly possible. The fact that evidence would be destroyed where additional testing could be done is extraordinary and, frankly, outrageous.

    With no institutional defender, independent counsels are especially vulnerable to partisan attack,

    This is a radical, radical departure from our history and from our traditions, and it amounts to an assault on the judicial branch of government.

    The grand jury is trying to get facts, evaluate facts. I can't comment on whether a privilege has been invoked but a privilege is a legal right that may be subject of litigation if one is invoked,

    a great gentleman, a real Southern gentleman and throughout our dealings with him he was always gracious and kind, and I think in these later years he wanted to end on a high moral note and end by telling the truth ... so we miss him.

    We must know that thewitness is telling the truth. Give us transparency. Give us the facts.

    As Fiorello LaGuardia would say, when I make a mistake, it's a beaut,

    The attorney general's refutation of the legal argument made by the White House ... speaks volumes about the far-fetched nature of the White House's submission,

    Either Monica Lewinsky lied to the grand jury, or President Clinton lied ... under any rational view of the evidence, the president lied,

    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.

    According to Ms. Lewinsky, the president touched her breasts and genitalia, which means his conduct met the Jones definition of sexual relations even under his theory, ... On these matters, the evidence of the president's perjury cannot be presented without specific, explicit and possibly offensive descriptions of sexual encounters.

    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.

    We're perfectly happy to make her available once they live up to the immunity deal they made.

    Clinton told Time, which like CNN is a unit of Time Warner Inc., that Starr was part of the new right that runs the Washington Republican Party ... knew what he was supposed to do.

    It may prove to have the kind of long-term boomerang effect, damage on the institution of the Senate that thoughtful senators may come to regret.

    Major decisions during the Lewinsky investigation have not been easy. And given the hurricane force winds swirling about us, we were well aware that no matter what decision we made, criticism would come from somewhere.

    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.

    The office where I serve has achieved a superb record in courts ... We go to court and not on the talk show circuit. And our records show that there is a bright line between law and politics, between courts and polls. It leaves the polls to the politicians and the spin doctors. We are officers of the court who live in the world of law. We have presented our cases in court and, with very rare exception, we have won.

    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.

    The statute tries to cram a fourth branch of government into our three-branch system.

    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.

    Government lawyers have a duty to disclose evidence of wrongdoing in the government.

    I said in sharp language that that practice was wrong.


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