quote:Ken Starr, the lawyer who hounded Bill Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, waged a “scorched-earth” legal campaign to persuade federal prosecutors to drop a sex-trafficking case against the billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein relating to the abuse of multiple underaged girls, according to a new book.
In Perversion of Justice the Miami Herald reporter Julie K Brown writes about Starr’s role in securing the secret 2008 sweetheart deal that granted Epstein effective immunity from federal prosecution. The author, who is credited with blowing open the cover-up, calls Starr a “fixer” who “used his political connections in the White House to get the Justice Department to review Epstein’s case”.
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
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quote:Originally posted by pianojuggler:
When I was in the worst part of getting divorced, a lawyer told me "lawyers don't care about what's fair or just, they care about getting the best outcome for whoever is paying them."
An overly broad statement, I know. But I also know several lawyers who fit that.
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If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture.
quote:That's a feature not a bug.