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It's been more than two decades since a President of the United States went on trial in the Senate. Then it was Bill Clinton, today it is Donald Trump. And as different as the two impeachments are, there are some common elements. One that surprised many was Trump's choice this week of Kenneth Starr as one of his defense lawyers. Starr led the controversial investigation of Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky that provided the impetus for the impeachment.
At trial in the Senate in 1999, Clinton won a resounding acquittal. So why, some wondered, would Trump pick Starr to help defend him?"The President is deliberately creating a circus show bringing back some of the best acts from the last three decades," wrote Joe Lockhart, Clinton's White House press secretary during the impeachment."It seems he hopes to entertain his supporters, rather than defend his conduct.
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Legal expert says Trump should be worried about hiring Ken StarrDonald Trump retaining lawyer Ken Starr could hurt the president’s impeachment defense, legal expert Neal Katyal tells Joy Reid. The former US Acting Solicitor General explains that in his view, ‘What everyone thinks about what Clinton did, it's nothing compared to the executive abuses of Trump.’
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After Ken Starr reportedly joins president's legal team, video resurfaces of Trump calling him a 'lunatic'After reports that Ken Starr would be joining President Donald Trump's legal defense team for Trump's upcoming impeachment trial, video resurfaced of a 1999 interview in which Trump called Starr a 'lunatic' and a 'disaster.'
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Trump adds Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz to impeachment defense teamPresident Donald Trump is adding three seasoned lawyers to his impeachment legal defense team, the White House confirmed Friday night, including Kenneth Starr, the hard-charging prosecutor whose work led to President Bill Clinton's impeachment.
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Donald Trump Trashes His New Impeachment Lawyer Ken Starr In Newly Resurfaced VideoTrump called Starr "a lunatic" and "terrible" in a 1999 interview.
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Sen. Leahy: Ken Starr is a 'weird choice' for Trump defense teamSenator Patrick Leahy, (D-VT) joins Andrea Mitchell on Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss the latest impeachment developments as the Senate trial kicks off. Of the President's decision to add Ken Starr to his defense team, Leahy says that Starr was a man 'who pushed the weakest impeachment case--and now he's up here to defend the strongest impeachment case in my lifetime.' He also compared the collegiality in the Senate during the Clinton impeachment trial to today. Today, he said, 'There is far more dysfunction,' and 'several of the senior senators in both parties would like to see it done the way it should be and follow the Constitution.'
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