Jun 26, 2017

Ken Starr - Clinton era Special Prosecutor on the FAKE NEWS of Trump Obstructing Justice

Ken Star says there is no obstruction of justice, and questions need for Special Counsel 

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so joining me now Ken Starr who served

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as independent counsel for five special

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investigations including the whitewater

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investigation involving then President

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Clinton mr. Starr welcome good to have

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you with us tonight great to be with you

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thank you so you watch this testimony

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today and I know that you've said that

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there is no obstruction of justice that

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you have seen in any of this and you've

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questioned even the need for a special

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counsel given the evidence what did you

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think about Jeff Sessions testimony

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today

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I thought the attorney general was

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terrific

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first of all I've known the Attorney

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General since 1981 and I know him to be

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a man of honor a man of the law and I

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thought that came through his passion

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and commitment to the rule of law

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I came shining through so I don't think

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a lot was revealed today and I think

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we're much farther down the road but I

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think that the American people saw that

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this Attorney General is just a great

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human being with an enormous amount of

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passion and determination to try his

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very best to do the right thing I like

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his sense of moral indignation so given

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that what do you think in reflection

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about James Comey and what he suggested

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about Jeff Sessions well a lot of what

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director Comey suggested if I may say so

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was innuendo but we've now seen a very

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honorable person defend himself and I

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thought he recorded himself beautifully

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I thought he was very very plausible

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and I have stated previously that I have

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serious problems with the way director

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Comey conducted himself and those were

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really explored again today by virtue of

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the senators going through meticulously

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the Rosenstein memorandum which

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enumerated the various areas in which

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the director really violated perhaps law

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but he certainly violated policy time

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and time again

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all right so in terms of investigations

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which you are very familiar with one of

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the things that the Democrats took issue

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with today primarily we're moments like

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this let's play number 5 I did not have

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any private meetings no other do I

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recall any Congress

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stations with any Russian officials at

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the Mayflower Hotel I did not attend any

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meetings at that event to the best of

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your memory you had no conversation

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within that ambassador kishlak at that

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meeting I don't recall it senator Morra

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it would been certainly I can assure you

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nothing improper if I'd had a

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conversation with him and it's

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conceivable that occurred I just don't

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remember well I guess I could say that

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possibly at a meeting but I still do not

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recall it there's a lot of counting of

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the times he said I don't recall and

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people saying you know how could that

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possibly be your that well I'm very

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sympathetic with with that my goodness

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it's difficult for us to recall what

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happened last week we're going back some

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considerable time and also it was not

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one of those interactions that you would

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automatically say you should remember

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that a reasonable person would remember

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that because no Americans back all the

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time and he was a very permanent figure

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around Washington and showed up at a lot

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of these things right exactly and it was

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a social kind of gathering etc or at

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least it was a social context as opposed

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to we're going over to the Russian

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embassy or the Ambassador is coming to

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your Senate office for a meeting