Report: Ex-Baylor president Ken Starr being eyed for role in Trump administration

[DonViejo]

Source: San Antonio Express-News.



By Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News Updated 6:56 am, Friday, February 10, 2017

Former Baylor president Ken Starr could join President Donald Trump’s administration. Foreign Policy reported that Starr is on a "shortlist" of candidates being vetted for ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.

The position, which was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to promote freedom of religion and monitor religious persecution abroad, is expected to take a more prominent role under Trump.
A source told the magazine that the job is Starr’s “if he wants it.”

Other candidates include Ben Carson’s former “special faith advisor” Johnnie Moore, Jr. and human rights lawyer Nina Shea.

Starr served as Baylor’s president from 2010 to 2016. He was removed from that post after a law firm found within the university a troubling culture that disregarded, ignored and in some cases intimidated victims of on-campus sexual violence.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/college_sports/big_12/article/Report-Former-Baylor-president-Ken-Starr-being-10921949.php

[DemoTex]

1. Oh, for fuck's sake ..

What fresh hell is this?

[Blue_Tires]

6. Failing upward...

And Starr wants to be as far as possible from his dumpster fire in Waco...

[wordpix]

31. the hits just keep on coming & Dump wants to know why he's hated

and what the uproar is about

[bigworld]

2. No mention of his role in prosecuting Clinton?

That's what he's known for!

[DonViejo]

7. Read the full article, at the link provided and you'll see this sentence...

Prior to his tenure at Baylor, Starr was well known for the Starr Report, which preceded the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

[DK504]

18. This name always made me think of a Star Chamber.

Immediately made me cringe from him.

[DonViejo]

19. The media took to referring to his investigation and his staff as the "Starr Chamber"...

during his "investigation" into President Clinton's alleged conduct.

[Roy Rolling]

3. Out of everyone in the United States

This is the only person qualified for the job? A political hack who oversaw a sex scandal at Baylor? Who the fuck is in the HR Department at the White House?

[wordpix]

32. it's Trump-Bannon, apparently

[Nitram]

4. Headlines like this are so commonplace these days they no longer shock or amuse.

Just more confirmation that we elected a monster.

[dalton99a]

12. Indeed.

[Zorro]

13. Trump's choices are a great big "Fuck you" to all Democrats

There's nothing he and the rest of the Republicans like better to do than to infuriate decent people by making outrageous policy and personnel decisions.

Assholes revel in being assholes.

[Botany]

5. R you kidding me?

http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/05/26/baylor-art-briles-sexual-assault-ken-starr

Ken Starr helped to cover up rapes, assualts, and God only knows what else in
order to protect the football program @ a "Christian School" and don't forget his
7 year 77 million $ + b.j. hunt.

[Joanie Baloney]

8. Well, that's just perfect

He's gonna fit right in:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bennett-l-gershman/kenneth-starr-and-the-bay_b_10262894.html

A snip:

So Starr is no longer the university’s president. To be sure, it’s a demotion of sorts. He was allowed to keep his Chancellorship, which he just relinquished, but he still gets to keep his Chair and Professorship at the Law School. One might think this is not a very harsh result, certainly not if Starr knowingly violated federal law, or by his deliberate indifference allowed serious criminal conduct to take place at the university he led.

-JB

[Bear Creek]

9. Unbelievable

Is this part of the Let's Make America Rape Great Again? Baylor University should be dissolved. What that football team did and the cover up was deplorable and everyone involved should be in jail including Ken Starr. Is this to make sure Starr has immunity?

[Trust Buster]

10. The creep violated Federal law by contacting Paula Jones' lawyers when his investigations came

up with nothing. The creep turned his head when young women at Baylor were being raped by their animal athletes because Baylor's reputation was more important than raped coeds. Now they want this asshole to be the ambassador for religious freedom. I literally hate these faux Christian hypocrites.

[dalton99a]

11. Leave No Asshole Behind

is Trump's jobs program.

[msanthrope]

14. He'd be a perfect ambassador to the Vatican. nt

[ananda]

15. Code for make everyone Christian ...

... and make deals on the side that benefit Christians.

[dhill926]

20. exactly...

[dlk]

16. Another Deplorable to Add to the Crew

Starr would fit right in with the other Trump "basket of deplorables." They have worked hard to find people devoid of ethics, integrity and good judgment.

[Achilleaze]

17. the republican Purity Police

rank republican hypocrisy & ethical rot knows no bounds

[Solly Mack]

21. smh

[hatrack]

22. One assumes Bob Barr, Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers were unavailable . . .

[Stallion]

23. Looking for a New Job After Leaving His Post as Mayor of Sodom and Gomorrah

looking to take full advantage of such a successful gig at Baylor

[Javaman]

24. the orange menace scraping the sludge from the bottom of the barrel.

no right minded person will have anything to do with him.

queue starr starting a new investigation into Clinton's background...because he can.

[notdarkyet]

25. God. I thought we were rid of all these derelicts twenty years ago.

Newt, guilliani,Starr. They seem to be crawling out of the woodwork.

[HopeAgain]

26. At least Trump knows he will turn a blind eye when he grabs a woman's....

[kwassa]

27. What does anyone in this job actually do, except draw a salary?

[NCjack]

29. The purpose is likely to give a washed-up Repug lawyer

a living salary. That would spare him the embarrassment of having to migrate to Mexico, throw himself upon the socialist systems there, and survive on his retirement income from the USG and Baylor U. By making him America's Christian Ambassador, he can continue his parasitic sucking on us. His major duties will be to travel around the world and pray at banquets for Christians.

[Deb]

28. What a regurgitation!

Everything old is new again

[erpowers]

30. Because of Baylor

Due to what is going on at Baylor Ken Starr should not get any job in this administration. No one with Starr's record should be given a position in any administration. It seems Ken Starr allowed the Baylor football team to run wild during his time as President of Baylor University. It has been alleged that during his time at Baylor there was dozens of rapes and multiple gang rapes committed by members of the Baylor football team. It appears Starr did nothing to stop the bad behavior of the football team.

[Stallion]

33. Latest Allegation Was 52 Rapes by Football Players in 4 Years

according to a pleading by latest Plaintiff