Kenneth Starr on the parallels between the Lewinsky scandal and the Russia investigation
Source: CBS News
Kenneth Starr, former independent counsel in the Clinton-era Whitewater investigation, says there's "no question" there are parallels between special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and Starr's probe that uncovered the Monica Lewinsky scandal and rocked Bill Clinton's presidency.
"Any time a president is under attack, the president or at least the president's partisans and supporters will likely go on the attack," Starr told CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday. "There was accountability. Whatever people think of the investigation during the Monica Lewinsky phase, the president had to eventually concede that he had not conducted himself as he should -- in a very serious manner -- when he was under oath."
Starr called Mueller's investigation a "serious case" but warned Mr. Trump against sitting down with the special counsel's team for an interview as part of their probe. He said that "caution is the rule of thumb here."
"You never want your client, unless you have an extraordinarily high level of confidence, to be exposed in this way," said Starr.
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Starr also said that firing Mueller would not constitute obstruction, but would be a very serious political matter.
AND, finally, let me give a big hearty fuck you to Ken Starr..... there's quite a difference between lying about a blow job and lying about colluding with a foreign power which is trying to undermine the government of the United States. Furthermore, it was a hell of a stretch to morph an investigation into banking laws into one which concerned a private matter between consenting adults. Robert Mueller has stayed exactly on track with what he has been tasked to investigate.
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