Ken Starr

Politician

1946 –

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Who is Ken Starr?

Kenneth Winston "Ken" Starr is an American lawyer and educational administrator, who has also been a federal judge. He carried out controversial investigation of figures during the Clinton administration.

Starr served as a federal Court of Appeals judge and as solicitor general for George H. W. Bush. He received the most publicity for his tenure as independent counsel while Bill Clinton was U.S. president. Starr was initially appointed to investigate the suicide death of deputy White House counsel Vince Foster and the Whitewater real estate investments of Bill Clinton. The three-judge panel charged with administering the Independent Counsel Act later expanded the inquiry into numerous areas including an extramarital affair that Bill Clinton had with Monica Lewinsky. After several years of investigation, Starr filed the Starr Report, which alleged that Bill Clinton had lied about existence of the affair during a sworn deposition. The allegation opened the door for the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the five-year suspension of Clinton’s law license.

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Born
Jul 21, 1946
Vernon
Also known as
  • Kenneth Starr
Spouses
Religion
  • Christianity
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Brown University
  • George Washington University
  • Duke University
  • Duke University School of Law
  • Harding University
Lived in
  • Texas
  • Vernon

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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