Independent Counsel Ken Starr

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Independent Counsel human judge lawyer

Independent Counsel Ken Starr was the special prosecutor whose investigation into President Bill Clinton’s conduct, including the Monica Lewinsky affair, led to Clinton’s impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Independent Counsel Ken Starr canonical	1
Kenneth Starr	1
Kenneth Winston Starr	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2800439 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Independent Counsel Ken Starr
Context triple: [Monica Lewinsky scandal, notableFigureInvolved, Independent Counsel Ken Starr]

A. John Dean
John Dean is a former White House Counsel best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal and his testimony against President Richard Nixon.
B. John W. Carlin
John W. Carlin is an American politician and public official who served as Governor of Kansas before later becoming the Archivist of the United States.
C. R. James Woolsey Jr.
R. James Woolsey Jr. is an American lawyer, diplomat, and national security expert who served as Director of Central Intelligence under President Bill Clinton in the early 1990s.
D. Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller is an American lawyer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who later served as Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
E. Richard Mueller
Richard Mueller is a physicist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, known for his work in astrophysics, geophysics, and climate science communication.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Independent Counsel Ken Starr
Target entity description: Independent Counsel Ken Starr was the special prosecutor whose investigation into President Bill Clinton’s conduct, including the Monica Lewinsky affair, led to Clinton’s impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998.

A. John Dean
John Dean is a former White House Counsel best known for his central role in the Watergate scandal and his testimony against President Richard Nixon.
B. John W. Carlin
John W. Carlin is an American politician and public official who served as Governor of Kansas before later becoming the Archivist of the United States.
C. R. James Woolsey Jr.
R. James Woolsey Jr. is an American lawyer, diplomat, and national security expert who served as Director of Central Intelligence under President Bill Clinton in the early 1990s.
D. Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller is an American lawyer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who later served as Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
E. Richard Mueller
Richard Mueller is a physicist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, known for his work in astrophysics, geophysics, and climate science communication.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Independent Counsel ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy	George H. W. Bush ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ
authorOf	The Starr Report ⓘ linked to: Starr Report
birthDate	1946-07-21 ⓘ
birthPlace	Vernon, Texas, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	complications from surgery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2022-09-13 ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Juris Doctor ⓘ Master of Arts ⓘ
education	Brown University ⓘ Duke University School of Law ⓘ George Washington University ⓘ
employer	Baylor University ⓘ Kirkland & Ellis ⓘ Pepperdine University ⓘ
familyName	Starr ⓘ
fullName	Kenneth Winston Starr ⓘ linked to: Independent Counsel Ken Starr
givenName	Kenneth ⓘ
knownFor	Starr Report ⓘ leading investigations related to President Bill Clinton ⓘ serving as Independent Counsel during the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal ⓘ
notableEvent	Clinton impeachment proceedings 1998 ⓘ linked to: Clinton impeachment
notableWork	investigation of President Bill Clinton ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	attorney ⓘ judge ⓘ law professor ⓘ university administrator ⓘ
officeEnd	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 1989 ⓘ Solicitor General of the United States 1993 ⓘ
officeStart	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 1983 ⓘ Solicitor General of the United States 1989 ⓘ
partyAffiliation	Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld	Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law ⓘ Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation ⓘ Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ President of Baylor University ⓘ Solicitor General of the United States ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
spouse	Alice Mendell Starr ⓘ
workLocation	Waco, Texas ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monica Lewinsky scandal → notableFigureInvolved → Independent Counsel Ken Starr ⓘ

Office of Independent Counsel → notableIndependentCounsel → Kenneth Starr ⓘ

linked to: Independent Counsel Ken Starr

Ken Starr → fullName → Kenneth Winston Starr ⓘ

subject linked to: Independent Counsel Ken Starr