Ken Starr (CNN)
After making his debut in the impeachment trial of President Trump, Ken Starr, who is one of the newest members of Trump's legal team, is on the receiving end of mockery on Twitter after he declared that the US is "living in what can aptly be described as the age of impeachment."
Starr played a key role in former president Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, and issued the infamous Starr Report detailing the extramarital affair Clinton had with then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky -- a history that prompted some to point out the irony of his statement:
Baffled by this Ken Starr opening. He's discussing the long-gone independent counsel law. Seems to be trying to mak… https://t.co/MsIXnq7g0c— Andrew Prokop (@Andrew Prokop) 1580149467.0
Ken Starr- the man who investigated Bill Clinton for FOUR years- yes, four years from August 1994 to September 1998… https://t.co/ODG8Tmw4Qk— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1580149469.0
We have truly come full circle --- enter Ken Starr talking about "the age of impeachment" https://t.co/SLU20g2iEm— Kevin Flower (@Kevin Flower) 1580149482.0
Ken Starr, who pushed impeachment for Bill Clinton for lying about sex, now says impeachment is being used too ofte… https://t.co/yPSICsaoFT— Chris Megerian (@Chris Megerian) 1580149453.0
Every president now faces calls for impeachment. “How did we get here?” asks Ken Starr, the sweaty zealot who impe… https://t.co/eZhTVdGNOp— Helen Kennedy (@Helen Kennedy) 1580149461.0
Thanks in part to Ken Starr's urging, the GOP House managers of Clinton's impeachment took video depositions from M… https://t.co/DdigWfgLby— Kevin M. Kruse (@Kevin M. Kruse) 1580149426.0
