The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. StarrTen years after one of the most polarizing political scandals in American history, author Ken Gormley offers an insightful, balanced, and revealing analysis of the events leading up to the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton. From Ken Starr’s initial Whitewater investigation through the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit, to the Monica Lewinsky affair and Brett Kavanaugh's role in the subsequent inquiry, The Death of American Virtue is a gripping chronicle of an ever-escalating political feeding frenzy. In exclusive interviews, Bill Clinton, Ken Starr, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, Susan McDougal, and many more key players offer candid reflections on that period. Drawing on never-before-released records and documents—including the Justice Department’s internal investigation into Starr, new details concerning the death of Vince Foster, and evidence from lawyers on both sides—Gormley sheds new light on a dark and divisive chapter, the aftereffects of which are still being felt in today’s political climate. |
Contents
COLLISION IN THE CAPITOL | 1 |
The Impeachment Vote | 3 |
Bill Clinton and Ken Starr | 15 |
ARKANSAS MISCHIEF | 31 |
Breathtaking Whitewater | 33 |
McDougal Paints the Town | 44 |
Seeds of Scandal | 57 |
Death Song in the West Wing | 66 |
The Avuncular Mr Ginsburg | 362 |
Clinton Takes an Oath | 376 |
Scandal in Washington | 392 |
THE GRAND CONFESSIONAL | 409 |
A Presidency in Peril | 411 |
Of Trust and Confidence | 420 |
One Nation Divided | 431 |
The Vilification of Ken Starr | 440 |
Conspiracy Theories | 81 |
The Special Prosecutor | 91 |
David Hale Visits Justice Jim | 99 |
Pursuing the President | 113 |
Paula Corbin Jones | 115 |
Danny Traylor Can We Settle for Five Thousand Dollars? | 128 |
Three Judges in Black | 143 |
Ken Starr Special Prosecutor | 155 |
Paula Jones on Film | 170 |
Arkansas Felons | 184 |
The Cooperating Witness | 202 |
Paula Jones Goes to Washington | 219 |
THE MONICA THREAD | 229 |
Monica S Lewinsky | 231 |
Inside a Texas Prison | 242 |
The Settlement That Never Happened | 252 |
Trapped Outside the White House | 262 |
The HundredPage Referral | 270 |
An Unexpected Caller | 278 |
A Cubicle in the Pentagon | 295 |
Pinning the Tail on Clinton | 314 |
Panic in the Justice Department | 324 |
Vanity to Prayer | 339 |
The Brace | 348 |
A Mothers Collapse | 452 |
Last Night in Solitary Confinement | 459 |
The Indictment of Hillary Clinton | 470 |
OutGunning the Secret Service | 484 |
Ginsburgs Final Photo Shoot | 494 |
Monicas Truth | 505 |
The Drudge Revolution | 527 |
A Walk in the Woods | 532 |
Maximum Peril | 552 |
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS | 563 |
Bombshell Report | 565 |
Starr Witness | 582 |
Men of the Year | 600 |
Thirteen Angry Managers | 614 |
A Scottish Vote | 629 |
Clintons Contempt | 646 |
WHITE HOUSE EXODUS | 653 |
Who Will Blink? | 655 |
Aftermath | 671 |
NOTES | 691 |
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES | 762 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 770 |
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