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Judi Lynn

(160,525 posts)
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 12:06 PM Jun 2019

Attorney whose work led to Clinton's impeachment admits Trump has far less respect for rule of law

Attorney whose work led to Clinton’s impeachment admits Trump has far less respect for rule of law
Published 2 hours ago on June 3, 2019 By Brad Reed

A conservative lawyer whose work paved the way for the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton has written a lengthy essay for The Atlantic in which he admits that even Clinton had more respect for the law than President Donald Trump.

In his essay, former Whitewater senior counsel Paul Rosenzweig notes that his former boss, special prosecutor Ken Starr, accused Clinton of abusing his power by claiming executive privilege in a way that is designed solely to benefit himself rather than the public good.

“[Starr] argued that there was ‘substantial and credible information’ that Clinton’s repeated and unlawful invocation of executive privilege was inconsistent with his duty to faithfully execute the laws of the United States and constituted potential grounds for impeachment,” he writes.

Rosenzweig then goes on to argue that what Trump has done so far with regards to executive privilege is far more egregious than what Clinton did.

More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/attorney-whose-work-led-to-clintons-impeachment-admits-trump-has-far-less-respect-for-rule-of-law/?utm_source=push_notifications

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Attorney whose work led to Clinton's impeachment admits Trump has far less respect for rule of law (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2019 OP
NO SHIT Skittles Jun 2019 #1
We should never forget the contempt that Ken Starr and his cronies showed for the rule of law. StevieM Jun 2019 #2

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
2. We should never forget the contempt that Ken Starr and his cronies showed for the rule of law.
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 10:03 PM
Jun 2019

Ken Starr was the Donald Trump of his day.

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