Clinton accused: Starr: the Republican lawyer who started with Whitewater and wouldn't let go

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: January 23, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

The road that has taken Kenneth Starr into the mists of President Bill Clinton's extra-marital impulses has been a winding one, and a far from easy trail for Mr Starr.

Just six months ago, Mr Starr seemed washed up, a figure of fun even. He had, after all spent $23 million (pounds 14 million) on a three-year investigation that had apparently discovered nothing. Now, he is holding hurried press conferences, the focus of media attention as a man who has allegedly found a smoking gun in the White House.

The origins of this week's revelations, and of Mr Starr's new-found fame, go back all the way ...

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