Nature of president clintons relationship with monica lewinsky a. A timeline of key moments in the clintonlewinsky scandal. Lewinsky testified to using the cigar sexually and to clinton then putting it in his mouth and commenting on it. The reader is by now familiar with the fact that kenneths starrs referral masquerades as a literary text that in the process of. Ten encounters of a sexual kind the following are excerpts from the starr report about president clinton s sexual relationship with monica lewinsky. Sep 11, 2008 the starr report and clinton impeachment. May 20, 2019 the starr report the independent counsels complete report to congress on the investigation of president clinton by kenneth starr, starr commission. Sep 15, 2018 which brings us back to lewinsky and the publication of the starr report 20 years ago.
Lewinsky, she and the president made eye contact when he came. Bill mccollum regarding convictions for various statutory offenses for fiscal. Starr wanted to launch a sting to catch clinton and. Remembering the starr report as we await the mueller report. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. By the time the starr report appeared, everyone around the world who wanted to know knew that bill clintons semen was on monica lewinskys dress. The starr report into the president bill clinton lewinsky. Clinton defends his lewinsky speech 9298 clinton s team will attempt to counter starr report 9198 more stories indepth. One of the most common criticisms of the starr report was that it had too much sex in itfar more than necessary to serve legitimate prosecutorial goals. Aug 04, 2015 the report of independent counsel kenneth starr s report to the united states congress has been published. Full text of findings sent to congress part five of thirteen. Clinton defends his lewinsky speech 9298 clintons team will attempt to counter starr report 9198 more stories indepth. Lewinsky had been indiscreet, president clinton terminated the.
Pdf on this day in history december 19, 1998, the house of. I hereby submit a final report on the rule 6 e inquiry you ordered to be undertaken by me as. Oct 11, 2008 let it suffice to say that what the starr report says clinton did with the cigar through actual lewinsky testimony is unspeakable and reprehensible of a u. But according to lewinsky s testimony there was no mutual masturbation and the meeting was in general less sordid than the leaks. Starr on president clinton and the lewinsky affair 9781891620249 by washington post. The starr report, officially the referral from independent counsel kenneth w. While the effort to remove the president from office ultimately failed, the lingering memory of the lewinsky scandal, made so vivid by starr, caused. Excerpts from the starr report concerning seven sexual encounters. The drudge report turned out to be wrong in some details, as did most of the reports flowing from it. Perhaps no detail revealed in the starr report better illustrates this prosecutorial overkill than the decision to include a description of clinton putting a cigar in lewinskys vagina, then. Starr on president clinton and the lewinsky affair washington post, starr, kenneth w. Thus while there is much evidence of the press relying. Steer, general counsel, united states sentencing commission, to rep.
There is substantial and credible information that. Starr in conformity with the requirement of title 28, united states code, section 595c, is a united states federal government report by independent counsel ken starr concerning his investigation of president bill clinton. In march 2018, lewinsky recounted meeting starr for the first time since. Sep 11, 1998 explosive starr report outlines case for impeachment document provides sordid details of the clinton lewinsky relationship. Nature of clintonlewinsky relationship from independent counsel kenneth starrs report to the house on president clinton. In general, however, it is fair to say the press resisted spreading such rumors. Bbc news starr report ten encounters of a sexual kind. Sep 10, 2018 starr s report of his investigation into president clinton was released in september 1998, containing what starr considered to be impeachable offenses, including obstruction of justice, perjury. The starr report1 shows that clinton clearly testified falsely in his january 1998 deposition. The starr report is more likely to have diminished opinions of kenneth starr than president clinton, with 45% saying that his inclusion of the sexual details gives them a less favorable impression. The starr report differed in some key areas from the drudge report. The starr report the independent counsel kenneth starrs report has concluded that president clintons behaviour may constitute grounds for an impeachment. Nature of clintonlewinsky relationship from independent counsel kenneth starr s report to the house on president clinton.
But the starr report does include a sentence confirming a clinton lewinsky use of a cigar in a sexual act. On the basis of the evidence provided by monica lewinsky, a blue dress with clinton s semen, ken starr concluded that this sworn testimony was false and perjurious. Impeachment of william jefferson clinton house report 105830 report by house judiciary committee dated december 16, 1998 recommending impeachment of the president includes additional concurring and dissenting views adobe acrobat format introduction in text format washington post response to senate summons. Nature of clinton lewinsky relationship from independent counsel kenneth starr s report to the house on president clinton. The same good be said of the starr report s description of the president masturbating in a sink in his bathroom, its description of clinton taking calls from members of congress while receiving oral sex, or its mention of a more traditional form of phone sex between lewinsky and the president.
Starr included a detailed timeline of lewinskys various sexual encounters with clinton. In his deposition for the paula jones lawsuit, clinton denied having sexual relations with monica lewinsky. The conversion to acrobat has altered the pagination and format. Excerpts from the starr report concerning seven sexual encounters print email details independent counsel kenneth starr. When it was released by congress on 11 september 1998, the uss collective jaw dropped from all the lurid. The year 1998 began with the drudge report scooping, newsweeks michael isikoffs.
Bill clintonmonica lewinsky scandaltimeline of key moments. Starrs 463page report, which featured graphic details of alleged sexual encounters between clinton and lewinsky, was published online in full. While the effort to remove the president from office ultimately failed, the lingering memory of the lewinsky scandal, made so. Judge wright waited until after the completion of the impeachment process before finding bill clinton in contempt of court for his willful violation of discovery orders. As bill clinton and monica lewinsky become in the starr report characters involved in lurid sexual escapades, they become embroiled in a set of discourses that transcend them and their personal adventures. Should president clinton have been convictedan analysis of the impeachment charges. Explosive starr report outlines case for impeachment document provides sordid details of the clintonlewinsky relationship. Full text of findings sent to congress part thirteen of thirteen.
There is substantial and credible information that president clinton s actions since. Im talking about the starr report the referral from independent counsel. The story is that monica lewinsky masturbated with a cigar while president clinton watched and masturbated as well. The prosecutor accuses clinton of perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering and. Explosive starr report outlines case for impeachment. President barack obamas hilarious final white house correspondents dinner speech duration. The report by the office of the independent counsel the content of the following document is verbatim as forwarded by the office of the independent counsel. Transcript of conversations between monica lewinsky and linda. But the starr report does include a sentence confirming a clintonlewinsky use of a cigar in a sexual act. Brett kavanaugh investigated a president, then voiced. Some of the language in these documents is sexually. Ready to read the report despite decades of digital decay, the. Was the report more explicit than necessary to serve prosecutorial goals.
In his jones deposition on january 17, 1998, president clinton who said he was. Nature of president clintons relationship with monica lewinsky. Click on the right hand link to see the white houses preliminary rebuttal, based on earlier leaks. In the reports introduction, starr asserted that clinton had lied under oath during a sworn. The clinton cigar, what the actual starr report testimony. Which brings us back to lewinsky and the publication of the starr report 20 years ago. Starr on president clinton and the lewinsky affair by starr, kenneth, 1946.
According to ms lewinsky, she and the president had ten sexual encounters, eight while she worked at the white house and two thereafter. Some of the language in this section is sexually explicit. Brett kavanaugh investigated a president, then voiced concerns about doing just that the trump supreme court pick wanted prosecutors to. The starr report into the president bill clinton lewinsky affair kindle edition by starr, kenneth w. For the purpose to inform, they are put here to see. Monica lewinsky compares the mueller report to the starr.
Starr on president clinton and the lewinsky affair. When it was released by congress on 11 september 1998, the uss collective jaw dropped from all. Part 1 transcript of conversations between monica lewinsky and linda trip by the associated press excerpts from audio tapes that linda tripp made of conversations with monica lewinsky, released friday as part of evidence referred to the house judiciary committee by independent counsel kenneth starr. The report of independent counsel kenneth starrs report to the united states congress has been published. May 04, 2018 from an anonymous tip to an impeachment. Pdf twenty years later bill clintons impeachment in historical. Muellers report has been kept tightly under wraps, with the public only seeing attorney general william barrs fourpage summary of it. President clinton reads a statement before starr grand jury.
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