Abstract

Troubled Whitewater? The dual roles of Kenneth W. Starr

The article presents the information that a special investigation has uncovered a previously undisclosed conflict of interest involving special prosecutor Kenneth Starr and one of the leading players in the Whitewater drama that is the focus of his inquiry the Resolution Trust Corp. (RTC). Confidential RTC and court files obtained by the journal show that from the beginning of his tenure as Whitewater special counsel, Starr has been operating with this critical conflict kept under wraps. Until January, Starr's own firm in which he remains a senior partner and has acted on its management committee was being sued for professional negligence by the RTC, a suit that ended with the signing of a secret agreement saving Starr's firm, by RTC estimates, close to $700,000. INSET: Starr constellation, by J.C. and M.W..