The Starr Report
Perhaps the most famous in our scandal series:
Perhaps no other scandal in presidential history can equal the Monica Lewinsky affair for pure sensationalism and absurdity. President Bill Clinton’s sexual affair with an intern ultimately led to the second presidential impeachment in the history of the country (the first was that of Andrew Johnson in 1868). Although Clinton was ultimately acquitted of any crime, the affair became a laughing stock around the world and led to one of the most unusual documents in political history: the Starr Report, which intimately and often graphically described Clinton’s entire sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. In 2016, Attorney Ken Starr described Bill Clinton as “the most gifted politician of the baby boomer generation.”
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