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John Edmondson column: Fitzgerald is no Starr
Appleton Post-Crescent - John Edmondson column: Fitzgerald is no Starr
Excerpt:
Conservative political pundits (”Bush lovers”) have recently compared the work of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to that of Ken Starr, noting that “Bush haters” who applaud Fitzgerald’s work vilified Starr for the same task performed 10 years earlier. Well, that’s not quite so.
Both prosecutors looked at high-ranking officials in the executive branch for criminal wrongdoing — and the similarity ends there.
Ken Starr spent four years and $40 million to investigate the conduct of Bill Clinton before Clinton had become president, in the Whitewater land deal, and then ruthlessly pursued the Monica Lewinsky story to reveal a president who had lied under oath in a civil action to hide the fact that he had cheated on his wife during his tenure as president.
Clinton was revealed as a philanderer and liar. His despicable conduct, however, had nothing to do with his duties and obligations as president.
On the other hand, Fitzgerald has spent two years working to discover who leaked the name of an undercover CIA officer to the press and whether such a leak constituted a crime (which entails such issues as motivation).
According to the Washington Monthly, Fitzgerald has spent approximately $723,000 on his investigation. Compare that with Starr’s $10 million on the Clinton/Lewinsky business.
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