"Ken Starr spent the 90s and millions of taxpayer dollars investigating a real estate deal that turned up nothing before pivoting to criminalizing an affair between consenting adults. To be clear, Bill Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky raised the sort of serious power imbalance issues that HR departments exist to prevent, but the Starr investigation wasn't designed to spark a nuanced conversation about sexual harassment, it was an effort to translate quasi-puritanical moral panic into cheap political points."
"Emails included in the DOJs latest Esptein files dump show Starr - while serving as president of Baylor University - personally corresponded with and hosted Jeffrey Epstein on the Baylor campus. In 2012. Four years after Epstein had already pleaded guilty to soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution. I'm shocked... SHOCKED... that the man who worked with Brett Kavanaugh to prosecute Bill Clinton would exhibit such moral flexibility."
Ken Starr spent the 1990s and millions of taxpayer dollars investigating a real estate deal that produced no charges before shifting focus to criminalizing a consensual affair involving President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. The Lewinsky relationship raised legitimate power-imbalance concerns, but the investigation prioritized moral panic and political advantage rather than nuanced sexual-harassment analysis. Department of Justice documents show Starr, as Baylor University president in 2012, personally corresponded with and hosted Jeffrey Epstein despite Epstein's 2008 guilty plea for soliciting a minor. Starr previously represented Epstein in the plea deal and led legal tactics that helped secure a non-federal sentence.
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