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The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

Former Independent Counsel Ken Starr: Second Impeachment Sets "Very Bad Precedent"

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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4.6775 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

This week, Martha speaks with Ken Starr, former independent counsel on the impeachment of President Clinton’s and attorney on former President Trump’s first impeachment defense team, on the dangers of using impeachment as a political tool. Ken shares his belief that the second impeachment of former President Trump is unconstitutional, why the Chief Justice is not presiding over the current impeachment trial, and the difficulty in proving the charge of incitement. Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.3

Former President Trump faces his second impeachment trial this week as the Senate weighs in to determine his guilt or innocence now as a private citizen.

0:55.4

For incitement of insurrection, that is the one charge against the former president. And that, of course, pertains to the riot on Capitol Hill that turned deadly on January the 6th. So I got to

1:02.3

sit down this week with former independent counsel, Ken Starr, an expert on this subject who made

1:08.2

his name heading up the investigation that led to former President

1:11.4

Bill Clinton's impeachment and surrounding all of that. He also served on former president

1:16.4

Trump's first impeachment defense team just last year. Judge Ken Starr joins me now for our

1:21.1

podcast with his untold story. Ken, great to have you here today. Thanks so much for doing this.

1:26.3

Oh, thank you, Martha. Thank you for all that you're doing. You're just doing a great job, and I know this has been a

1:31.1

demanding week. Oh, thank you. There's a lot to cover. And, you know, you get to the point where

1:36.6

impeachment has just sort of become this thing that becomes part of our fabric of our life, I guess.

1:42.2

It's the second time we've been through it in just over a year for President Trump. Do you think that this effort is legally merited

1:50.2

against the former president? I think it's part of a national tragedy and no. I wish that

1:57.1

Senator Tim Kane of Virginia would have been successful in his effort to find some

2:02.4

middle ground. He was talking apparently with his Democratic colleagues about censorship,

2:09.8

or censure, I guess not censor. And no, the impeachment is unconstitutional. And I realize many people, many thoughtful people are of a different view.

2:21.3

But here's my view.

2:22.3

This is simply not authorized by the Constitution.

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