Ken Starr: 'I Have a Sense' There Will Be 'Indictments' in the Russia Probe

[DonViejo]

by Justin Baragona | 11:19 am, October 7th, 2017

The independent counsel who was largely responsible for Bill Clinton’s impeachment said this morning that he expects we will see criminal indictments related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference.

Appearing on CNN’s Smerconish, former US Solicitor General Ken Starr was asked by host Michael Smerconish if it was likely that we will see multiple indictments of Trump associates in the Russia investigation, with the CNN host noting that in Starr’s investigation of Clinton he obtained 14 criminal convictions.

“Given what we do know, especially given what happened this summer with respect to the FBI’s intrusion into Paul Manafort’s condominium, in light of the revelations that we’ve seen about General Flynn, I have a sense that there will, in fact, be indictments,” Starr responded. He continued, “There may be guilty pleas and so forth, but we shall see. What I find very interesting, very briefly, is in light of the information that is now coming out with respect to Russian attempts to influence both the national election and 21 different states, what I expect to see is serious consideration of indicting one or more foreign nationals.”

The two men also discussed Starr comments last month in which he said the president will be put under oath to testify before Mueller ends his investigation. Starr pointed out this morning that it will probably be by invitation because he believes Mueller will make every effort to respect the dignity of the office of president, but in the end, this is a “logical step” for Mueller to complete the probe.

The segment concluded with them talking about how Starr’s investigation into Clinton began with a land transaction and ended with the Monica Lewinsky scandal and relating it to how Mueller’s investigation may go in many different directions depending on what he discovers.

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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/ken-starr-i-have-a-sense-there-will-be-indictments-in-the-russia-probe/

[procon]

1. I'm not much interested anything Ken Starr has to say, and even less likely to

put any credence into his prediction that some obscure "foreign nationals" might be indicted. Mueller’s investigation into the trump/Russian election interference includes plenty of potential traitors of the homegrown Republican variety... odd that Star didn't mention any of them.

My money's on lots of indictments from Mueller’s shop that name actual Republicans as co-conspirators.

[DonViejo]

2. Unfortunately, Ken Starr has credibility within the GOP and probably with the moron's gang of...

thugs. Starr's credibility provides Mueller credibility; something that will be needed if and when the report indicts Generals, elected officials, and slams Trump for being the incompetent nincompoop he is. We may not like the fact this has to occur but, the GOP will not move against Trump unless their moronic base is at least divided on the issue of ridding the country of the Trump-plague. I'm enough of a cynic about GOP politics to harbor the thought Starr's appearances and public utterances about the investigation are coordinated by the so-called "GOP establishment."

[ananda]

3. Apparently not any time soon though.

45 has done so much damage already, and will
do so much more before this is all over!

[Thor_MN]

4. Ken who? Who cares?

[DonViejo]

5. I do, for one; for the reasons I stated in the comment above.