Robert Ray (prosecutor)

American lawyer

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Robert Ray

Independent Counsel for the Whitewater Scandal
In office
October 18, 1999 – March 13, 2002
Preceded by| Ken Starr
Succeeded by| Julie Thomas
Personal details
Born|

Robert William Ray

(1960-04-04) April 4, 1960 (age 63)
Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party| Republican
Spouse| Kristen Morsches
Education| Princeton University (BA)
Washington and Lee University (JD)

Robert William Ray (born April 4, 1960) is an American lawyer. As the successor to Ken Starr as the head of the Office of the Independent Counsel (1999 to 2002) he investigated and issued the final reports on the Whitewater controversy, the White House travel office controversy, and the White House FBI files controversy. Before that he was Deputy Independent Counsel investigating former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy and before that Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.[1]

## Education[edit]

Ray received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1982, and his Juris Doctor cum laude from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1985.[2]

## Career[edit]

After graduating from law school, Ray was a clerk for Frank Altimari, a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Under independent counsel Donald Smaltz, he prosecuted Mike Espy, and then worked under Ken Starr.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for a non-partisan school board in Brooklyn, New York 1993 and 1996, on the "children's slate." He was briefly a candidate in the 2002 United States Senate elections in New Jersey.[1][3][4]

In 2020, he served on President Donald Trump's legal defense team before his impeachment trial.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Robert William Ray." Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K2015365641. Fee. Accessed November 1, 2008.
2. ^ "A Guide to the Robert W. Ray Papers, 1994-2001 Ray, Robert W., Papers, 1994-2001 010". ead.lib.virginia.edu. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
3. ^ Weiser, Benjamin; Neil A. Lewis (December 19, 1999). "An Aggressive Prosecutor Now Enters the Limelight as Starr's Successor". New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
4. ^ "Pryor Cashman LLP: Robert W. Ray". Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
5. ^ Sullivan, Eileen (January 17, 2020). "Robert Ray Wanted to Indict Clinton. He Thinks Trump Will Be Vindicated". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Appearances on C-SPAN

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Special prosecutors and independent counsels of the U.S.

* John B. Henderson and James Broadhead
* Whiskey Ring
* William Cook
* Star Route scandal
* Holmes Conrad and Charles Bonaparte
* Post Office bribery
* Francis J. Heney
* Oregon land fraud scandal
* Atlee Pomerene and Owen Roberts
* Teapot Dome scandal
* Newbold Morris
* DOJ corruption allegations
* Archibald Cox, Leon Jaworski, Henry S. Ruth Jr., and Charles Ruff
* Watergate scandal
* Arthur Christy
* Jordan drug allegations
* Paul J. Curran
* Carter business loans
* Gerald Gallinghouse
* Kraft drug allegations
* Leon Silverman
* Donovan organized crime allegations
* Jacob Stein
* Bechtel scandal
* James C. McKay and Alexia Morrison
* Olson perjury
* Mike Seymour
* Deaver perjury
* Morrison v. Olson
* Lawrence Walsh
* Iran–Contra affair
* Carl Rauh and James Harper
* Lawrence Wallace's taxes
* James C. McKay
* Wedtech scandal
* Unknown
* sealed
* Arlin Adams and Larry Thompson
* Pierce HUD mismanagement
* Unknown
* sealed
* Nicholas John Bua
* Inslaw scandal
* Malcolm Richard Wilkey
* House banking scandal
* Frederick Bernard Lacey
* Iraqgate
* Joseph diGenova and Michael Zeldin
* 1992 Bush administration search of Clinton passport files
* Robert B. Fiske, Ken Starr, Robert Ray, and Julie Thomas
* Whitewater controversy
* Starr Report
* Donald Smaltz
* Espy trial
* David Barrett
* Cisneros payments controversy
* Barrett Report
* Daniel Pearson
* DOC trade mission controversy
* Curtis von Kann
* Segal conflict of interest investigation
* Carol Elder Bruce
* Wampumgate
* Ralph Lancaster
* Herman corruption allegations
* John Danforth
* Waco siege
* Patrick Fitzgerald
* Plame affair
* Robert Mueller
* 2016 election interference allegations
* topics
* Mueller Report
* John Durham
* Crossfire Hurricane FBI origins
* Jack Smith
* 2020 election obstruction efforts and Trump classified materials
* Robert K. Hur
* Biden classified materials
* David C. Weiss
* Hunter Biden investigation

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First impeachment and impeachment trial of Donald Trump

Background|

* Efforts to impeach Donald Trump
* Resolutions
* Trump–Ukraine scandal

Inquiry|

Testifying witnesses:

* Michael Atkinson
* Laura Cooper
* Catherine Croft
* David Hale
* Fiona Hill
* David Holmes
* Steve Linick
* Joseph Maguire
* Tim Morrison
* Philip T. Reeker
* Mark Sandy
* Gordon Sondland
* William B. Taylor Jr.
* Alexander Vindman
* Kurt Volker
* Jennifer Williams
* Marie Yovanovitch

Impeachment trial|

Presiding officer:
* John Roberts

House managers:

* Adam Schiff (lead manager)
* Jason Crow
* Val Demings
* Sylvia Garcia
* Hakeem Jeffries
* Zoe Lofgren
* Jerry Nadler

President's counsel:

* Pam Bondi
* Pat Cipollone
* Alan Dershowitz
* Patrick F. Philbin
* Michael Purpura
* Robert Ray
* Jay Sekulow
* Ken Starr

Congressional defense team:

* Doug Collins
* Mike Johnson
* Jim Jordan
* Debbie Lesko
* Mark Meadows
* John Ratcliffe
* Elise Stefanik
* Lee Zeldin

Other|

* Proposed expungement
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