Ken Starr, who investigated Clinton, dead at 76

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 14 Sep 2022 11:40AM · 0 Comments

Former US independent counsel Ken Starr (right) departs the White House in Washington, DC, after questioning US President Bill Clinton in person for more than five hours regarding the latter’s involvement with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, August 17, 1998. Starr died on September 13, 2022 at the age of 76. – AFP pic, September 14, 2022.

KEN Starr, who headed the investigation that led to the impeachment of US president Bill Clinton, died yesterday, his family announced.

Starr, 76, died in Houston, Texas, of complications from surgery, his family said in a statement.

A former judge and US solicitor-general, Starr was best known for leading the probe that resulted in Clinton’s impeachment for lying about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1998 but was acquitted by the Senate the following year.

Starr served as president of Baylor University from 2010 to 2016.

In January 2020, Starr joined the legal team defending Republican president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial before the Senate. – AFP, September 14, 2022.

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