The Clinton Years

The Starr Report was a 453-page document from the Office of Independent Counsel Ken Starr that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and a five-year suspension of his law license. Completed on September 9, 1998, the report was originally tasked with investigating financial dealings of the Whitewater Land Company. The probe branched out into wide ranging investigation of alleged abuses in other areas which ended up uncovering an affair with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, and the president’s attempt to cover it up. The Independent Counsel’s work took four years and cost $70 million. The report listed 11 possible grounds for impeachment that were broken down into four major categories: perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering and abuse of power. After the report was released, the House of Representatives formally adopted two articles of impeachment against Clinton and passed them on to the U.S. Senate for adjudication. On Feb. 12, 1999, President Clinton was acquitted of both counts.

(The yellow item is a personal ink signature of Ken Starr on a 3”X5” card.)

(The red item is a ticket to the Impeachment Trial of President Clinton in the U.S. Senate chambers. Tickets were necessary to gain access to public viewing areas inside the senate gallery. Seating was very limited.)