On “America’s Newsroom” Tuesday, Ken Starr said that’s “a bit of overstatement,” pointing out that campaign finances violations are notoriously difficult to prove.
He explained that prosecutors must be able to prove criminal wrongdoing, while the more likely explanation is that the women were paid off to prevent embarrassment.
He noted that former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was unsuccessfully prosecuted over a similar scandal in 2008.
“We’re nowhere near an indictable offense from what we know, assuming that the president could be indicted,” Starr said. “And I don’t think we’re anywhere near an impeachable offense, given what we now know.”
As for the parallel investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia before the 2016 election, Starr said there’s been no evidence publicly revealed, and he believes this aspect of the probe could be winding down. – READ MORE