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Ken Starr: I haven't seen Trump commit anything 'close' to an impeachable offense
The Hill ^ | 11/04/18 07:01 AM EST | EMILY BIRNBAUM

Posted on 11/04/2018 8:31:11 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Former independent counsel Ken Starr said that he has not seen President Trump commit any offense that is "even close" to being impeachable.

John Catsimatidis in an interview airing Sunday on AM 970 in New York asked Starr, who led the investigation into former President Clinton's sexual misconduct with Monica Lewinsky, if Trump had committed any "impeachable offenses."

ADVERTISEMENT "Not even close," Starr replied. "I know of no evidence … that would suggest that [Trump] has committed high crimes and misdemeanors."

"You can hate the way he tweets … you can disagree with his policies ... but be very careful before you move the country toward impeachment," he added. "It’s inherently divisive."

Starr has increasingly appeared on cable news shows over the past year to discuss special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

The former independent counsel added that there was not a consensus over impeaching Clinton.

"Essentially, you need a consensus among ‘we the people' [for impeachment]," he said. "We the American people need to agree this president should go. We had that with Richard Nixon. We did not have it with Bill Clinton."

"We certainly don’t have it with Donald Trump," he said. "We have a nation divided, but a nation divided does not mean let’s get rid of the president."

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1 posted on 11/04/2018 8:31:11 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There’s a nice timely message that will make Feinstein hold her breath till she turns blue.


2 posted on 11/04/2018 8:32:23 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“...Ken Starr said that he has not seen President Trump commit any offense...”

Neither have the dummycraps, but they have much deeper perceptions.


3 posted on 11/04/2018 8:34:06 AM PST by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

HAHA


4 posted on 11/04/2018 8:34:08 AM PST by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ken Starr doesn’t matter. Ken Starr was.

Maxone Waters matters. Mad Maxine is


5 posted on 11/04/2018 8:35:55 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“You can hate the way he tweets … you can disagree with his policies ... but be very careful before you move the country toward impeachment,” he added. “It’s inherently divisive.”

As in Civil War #2.


6 posted on 11/04/2018 8:38:15 AM PST by Pravious
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If the Dems take the House, I hope the first order of business is a doomed-to-failure attempt at impeachment-—it will reinforce our base and further demoralize their base...


7 posted on 11/04/2018 8:39:19 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Leftists view “impeach” as simply a recall vote.


8 posted on 11/04/2018 8:40:02 AM PST by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
But, but, but, but, orange man racist, orange man sexist, orange man fascist...

Need I add: </sarc>

9 posted on 11/04/2018 8:41:01 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: ctdonath2

To the Marxists Trumps impeachable offense was just getting elected.


10 posted on 11/04/2018 8:42:18 AM PST by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Doesn’t matter - the Dems think if Trump wears the wrong socks with his shoes its an impeachable offense.


11 posted on 11/04/2018 8:44:22 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

One unacceptable impeachment offense: Annoying Democrats.


12 posted on 11/04/2018 8:46:37 AM PST by centurion316 (,)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Tell it to Mad Maxine.


13 posted on 11/04/2018 8:49:16 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"I know of no evidence … that would suggest that [Trump] has committed high crimes and misdemeanors."

Evidence is not something Democrats care anything about as demonstrated in the Kavanaugh hearings.

14 posted on 11/04/2018 8:50:25 AM PST by libertylover (2016 was a mini-revolution.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yeah but this genius says impeaching Trump is a “no brainer”....

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/03/ocasio-cortez-impeaching-trump-no-brainer/


15 posted on 11/04/2018 9:07:41 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Right on target, Mr. Starr.


16 posted on 11/04/2018 9:33:22 AM PST by Spiridon
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To: SkyDancer

Doesn’t matter - the Dems think if Trump wears the wrong socks with his shoes its an impeachable offense.
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It does matter, whether the Democrats think so or not. A friendly Senate could, by majority vote, simply refuse to hear any charge brought by the House that was clearly not an impeachable offense under the Constitution, even if it had been committed. If the change was sufficiently phony, Trump could, even if he were convicted, probably get away wth refusing to vacate office, taking his case to the people, and letting our more impartial Supreme Court rule.


17 posted on 11/04/2018 10:08:02 AM PST by Socon-Econ
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

One of the comments on the article:

Trump won, Hillaryous lost, McCain’s dead, and Kavanaugh’s confirmed.


18 posted on 11/04/2018 10:08:45 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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