Ken Starr, the Independent Counsel running the Bill Clinton witch hunt known as Whitewater back in the 1990s, went on CNN. CNN also had on Clinton press secretary from that era, Joe Lockhart. Starr is the go to guy every time the Republicans whisper the name of Bill Clinton or Monica Lewinsky. He has gotten used to the interviewer giving him a tongue bath. He wasn’t ready for Lockhart’s fangs.
Translated transcript:
(edit: this is snark. or satire. or snarky satire.
the words below are not the actual words spoken,
but are my own satirically snarky interpretation.
I apologize for not being clear that this is not an actual
transcript but an attempt to put humurous nuance to the spoken word
of a scumbag, the unknown hero that did battle with him, and the
pretty talking people who somehow found a journalistic backbone
and didn’t kiss the ass of a lying scumbag like they usually do.
So, once again, the following is not the actual transcript,
it is my interpretation of the interview.
Sorry for any misunderstanding.)
Berman: Mr. Starr, what about the lenient sentence handed down to Manafort?
Starr: The judge was showing mercy to a nice guy.
Berman: What about black guys getting life for much less.
Starr: Um, well, ah, disparity in justice is sad. But the prosecution can appeal.
Camerota: Monica Lewinsky said she had been threatened with 27 years.
Starr: Yes. Monica. Yes. Lewinsky. Yes. Terrible to face 27 years. Long terms for some criminals is wrong.
Camerota: Weren’t you the one threatening her with 27 years?
Starr: Um, well, ah, um, cough, um, somebody may have talked to her, um, cough, ah, but not me, that is the first time I’ve heard of 27 years.
Berman to Lockhart: You are skeptical?
Lockhart: He’s lying, I mean, I am skeptical. The story has been reported widely and Lewinsky wrote about it in her book. Her lawyer did the Full Ginsburg and talked about how Starr’s team imprisoned her in a hotel room and threatened her with 27 years.
Starr: There were no handcuffs. She was a guest.
Lockhart: A 21 girl surrounded by mean old men threatening her with decades in prison doesn’t sound like freedom. Only after a call to her momma did she realize what was going on.
Starr: Lockhart is correcting our revision of history. Let me try to reestablish the fake story.
Camerota: How does a 21 year old know what is going on?
Starr: She was smart and didn’t capitulate to us immediately. And she seemed to like Clinton, so we had to squeeze her.
Lockhart: Some of Starr’s prosecutors went on the record about the prosecutorial abuse.
Starr: Well, we kept her at a nice hotel and gave her coffee. And she liked Clinton, so we had to squeeze her. Her taking so long to break hurt the country.
Lockhart: Baloney. I back the prosecutors who protested about the unethical conduct.
Starr: We used tools in our tool chest, just like Mueller. And besides, Newt liked what I created, oops, I meant to say what I found. Oh, and I did get 14 convictions of other people who knew who Bill Clinton was.
It goes on from there. Interestingly, in keeping with the stance he took 20 years ago, Starr thinks a president can be indicted.
Starts at the 20:30 second mark.