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WEBVTT INTO A TRY STRETCH. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP. SHELLY: THE MAN WHO INVESTIGATED PRESIDENT CLINTON’S SEX SCANDAL, IS IN ALBUQUERQUE TONIGHT. DOUG: KEN STARR TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE IN A STORM LIKE THAT ONE, AND IF HE THINKS PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL FACE IMPEACHMENT. SHELLY: STARR ALSO TOLD ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER NANCY LAFLIN WHY HE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO WRITE, IN EXPLICIT DETAIL ABOUT. CLINTON’S SEX ACTS WITH MONICA LEWINSKY. >> IS A MAN WHO KNOWS FIRSTHAND WHAT IT’S LIKE TO INVSESTIGATE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. TONIGHT, NO QUESTIONS WERE OFF THE TABLE. NANCY: 20 YEARS AFTER AN INVESTIGATION THAT NEARLY BROUGHT DOWN A U.S. PRESIDENT, KEN STARR IS BACK INP >> WELL BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME NANCY TO TELL THE STORY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY WAS COMING UP AND I KNEW A LOT OF ATTENTION WOULD BE FOCUSED ON THAT. NANCY: STARR IS IN ALBUQUERQUE, PROMOTING HIS BOOK ABOUT HIS INVESTIGATION INTO FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. HE SAYS THERE ARE MANY PARALLELS TO A PRESIDENT BEING INVESTIGATED THEN AND NOW. >> I REFLECT A LOT IN THE BOOK ON IMPEACHMENT AND IT’S A WARNING, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR. BECAUSE IMPEACHMENT IS SUCH A DIFFICULT AND SENSITIVE AND DIVISIVE PROCESS. NANCY: IT’S AN ISSUE THAT IS IN THE HEADLINES A LOT THESE DAYS, WITH THE INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA. I ASKED STARR IF HE THOUGHT TRUMP COULD FACE IMPEACHEMENT. >> WE DON’T KNOW ANY EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT HE SHOULD. BUT IMPEACHMENT IS AN ULTIMATE KIND OF POLITICAL ACT AND THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT. NANCY: AFTER KEN STARR’S INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENT CLINTON, THE PRESIDENT WAS IMPEACHED. STARR WROTE, IN A DETAILED REPORT, THAT CLINTON LIED UNDER OATH ABOUT HIS AFFAIR WITH WHITE HOUSE INTERN, MONICA LEWINSKY. THAT REPORT INCLUDED EXPLICIT DETAILS ABOUT SEX ACTS BETWEEN CLINTON, AND LEWINSKY. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS ABOUT THAT OR DID YOU FEEL LIKE THAT WAS NECESSARY? >> IF YOU’RE GOING TO ACCUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF PERJURY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE YOU HAVE TO PROVE IT. YOU CAN ONLY PROVE IT WITH THE FACTS AND THAT’S WHAT WE DID. NANCY: STARR SAYS ABOUT A YEAR AGO HE RAN INTO MONICA LEWINSKY AT A RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK. I ASKED WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WAS LIKE. HE SAID IT WAS

Ken Starr, former solicitor general who headed Clinton Whitewater investigation, dies at 76

File video above: Ken Starr talks about investigating a president, then and nowKenneth Winston Starr, a former U.S. solicitor general who gained worldwide fame in the 1990s as the independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton during a series of political scandals, has died, according to a statement issued by his family. He was 76. Starr died of complications from surgery, the statement says.”We are deeply saddened with the loss of our dear and loving Father and Grandfather, whom we admired for his prodigious work ethic, but who always put his family first. The love, energy, endearing sense of humor, and fun-loving interest Dad exhibited to each of us was truly special, and we cherish the many wonderful memories we were able to experience with him,” Starr’s son, Randall, said in the statement on behalf of his children.Starr, who was a member of former President Donald Trump’s defense team during Trump’s first impeachment, also served as president of Baylor University from 2010 to 2016.Baylor President Linda Livingstone said in a statement Tuesday that “Judge Starr was a dedicated public servant and ardent supporter of religious freedom that allows faith-based institutions such as Baylor to flourish.”This is a developing story. Stay tuned for updates.

File video above: Ken Starr talks about investigating a president, then and now

Kenneth Winston Starr, a former U.S. solicitor general who gained worldwide fame in the 1990s as the independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton during a series of political scandals, has died, according to a statement issued by his family. He was 76.

Starr died of complications from surgery, the statement says.

“We are deeply saddened with the loss of our dear and loving Father and Grandfather, whom we admired for his prodigious work ethic, but who always put his family first. The love, energy, endearing sense of humor, and fun-loving interest Dad exhibited to each of us was truly special, and we cherish the many wonderful memories we were able to experience with him,” Starr’s son, Randall, said in the statement on behalf of his children.

Starr, who was a member of former President Donald Trump’s defense team during Trump’s first impeachment, also served as president of Baylor University from 2010 to 2016.

Baylor President Linda Livingstone said in a statement Tuesday that “Judge Starr was a dedicated public servant and ardent supporter of religious freedom that allows faith-based institutions such as Baylor to flourish.”

This is a developing story. Stay tuned for updates.