Kenneth Winston Starr was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report, which served as the basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration, known as the Whitewater controversy, from 1994 to 1998. Starr previously served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1983 to 1989 and as the U.S. solicitor general from 1989 to 1993 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.
Ken Starr
Official portrait as D.C. Circuit judge
Starr with Brett Kavanaugh and Alex Azar in the 1990s
Starr testifying before the House Judiciary Committee in November 1998
Impeachment of Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, was impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on December 19, 1998, for "high crimes and misdemeanors". The House adopted two articles of impeachment against Clinton, with the specific charges against Clinton being lying under oath and obstruction of justice. Two other articles had been considered but were rejected by the House vote.
Floor proceedings of the U.S. Senate during the trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999, Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding
Tickets dated January 14 and 15, 1999, for President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial
Robe worn by Chief Justice William Rehnquist during the impeachment trial
Opponents of Clinton's impeachment demonstrating outside the Capitol in December 1998
