Ken Starr Judicial Quotations

The conversation between the president and Ms. Lewinsky on December 17 was a critical turning point. The evidence suggests that the president chose to engage in a criminal act -- to reach an understanding with Ms. Lewinsky that they would both make false statements under oath. At that moment, the president's intimate relationship with a subordinate employee was transformed. It was transformed into an unlawful effort to thwart the judicial process. This was no longer an issue of private conduct.

extraordinarily important and that I failed to fully take that into account in terms of what I view and still do as essentially as a legal process and judicial process.

seek judicial relief from these tactics, including contempt sanctions, as soon as practicable.

This is a radical, radical departure from our history and from our traditions, and it amounts to an assault on the judicial branch of government.