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A draft indictment written up against her. if it wasn't for monica lewandowski. she saved hillary clinton from having an indictment for lying to federal officials about the billing records that appeared in the white house. this is a woman who very often has not only walked the line between what is legal and what is not legal but i think has fallen off of that line and at least in that case had an indictment against her. she could have been in jail for having lied to federal authorities. she is talking about the rule of law. maybe she makes points about this administration but she has to look i...

Time in american history. but more broadly i felt as i reflected on those years that both bill and hillary showed contempt for the rule of law. >> you say in the book that you interviewed both at the white house, but, you say that that does not remember more than 300 times over the course of the interview. you also say that you consider charging hillary clinton. >> we did, and we thought about it very carefully. when the monica lewinsky phase broke we were in the midst of considering an indictment or bringing it before the grand jury in little rock, arkansas, an indictment on the first lady. w...

Against then first lady hillary clinton. steve: we haven't heard about that. let's talk to ken starr, independent counsel and author of the new book contempt, memoir of the clinton investigation. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. steve: you considered charges of perjury against hillary clinton. why not? >> i will always remember that day because we all sat in a room. we had a draft indictment. we had a very elaborate production memo in the tray trae we call a pros memo laid out all the facts and charges. we simply didn't have sufficient evidence to prove it beyond a reasonab...

There are clear differences, tucker, between what a prosecutor knows and what the prosecutor can prove. so we were following justice department policy. we knew we had to prove the case, each element of the case beyond a reasonable doubt. we came to the view after looking at an elaborate draft indictment, supported prosecution memo, that as i describe in the book, we decided we just did not have the evidence to bring those charges. >> tucker: quickly, this jumped out at me, you said you were haunted by the vince foster case, his death in washington during the early part of the clinton first ter...

There are clear differences, tucker, between what a prosecutor knows, and what the prosecutor can prove. so we were following justice department policy. we knew we had to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, and we came to it, after looking at a very elaborate draft indictment, a supportive prosecution memo, that as i described in the book, we decided we just did not have the evidence to bring those charges. >> tucker: and quickly, this just jumped out at me. you said you were haunted by the vince foster case, his death in washington in the early part of the clinton's first term. why? >> ...