What specific dates and locations of encounters are listed in the full Starr Report?
Executive summary
The Starr Report’s public excerpts and accompanying government publication enumerate multiple specific dates tied to sexual encounters between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, with several encounters documented as occurring at the White House during November 1995 and others recorded later in 1996–1997; however, available secondary extracts do not present the Report’s complete chronology in full, and the official House-published report on govinfo is the primary source for the full list [1] [2] [3].
1. November 15, 1995 — White House entries, encounter around 8:00 p.m.
The Starr Report excerpts published on Famous-Trials state that Lewinsky testified her relationship with the President began on Wednesday, November 15, 1995, during the government shutdown, and that White House log entries show she entered the White House at 1:30 p.m., reentered at 5:07 p.m., and departed at 12:18 a.m., with the sexual contact described as occurring at about 8:00 p.m. on that date [1].
2. November 17, 1995 — White House return late evening (around 9:45 p.m.)
Those same Starr Report excerpts record a second encounter two days later, Friday, November 17, 1995, again during the furlough; White House records cited by the Report place Lewinsky at the White House until 8:56 p.m., then back from 9:38 to 10:39 p.m., and the Report notes an encounter occurring at approximately 9:45 p.m. [1].
3. March 31, 1996 — the “cigar” incident appears in the Report
Critics and secondary summaries of the Starr Report point to a graphic episode dated March 31, 1996, commonly referred to as the cigar incident, which the Report included and which has been singled out in commentary as an example of the Report’s detailed sexual descriptions beyond mere date/place listings [4]. The Famous-Trials analysis cites the Report’s excursion into lurid detail for prosecutorial and political impact [4].
4. February 28, 1997 — dress with an alleged semen stain
The government-published House document reproducing the Starr Report materials references a sexual encounter dated February 28, 1997, tied to a dress Lewinsky said she had worn during that encounter and later disclosed because she noticed stains; that document is part of the official compilation made available through govinfo [2].
5. What the sources show — and what they do not
Wikipedia’s Starr Report overview acknowledges that the Report “included a detailed timeline of Lewinsky’s various sexual encounters” but does not provide the full list of dates and locations in the summary view, instead highlighting that Starr’s timeline was used to support impeachment grounds [3]. The Famous-Trials excerpts reproduce multiple dated entries with White House times and some locations, and the govinfo House document contains official reproductions of exhibits and dates [1] [2]. Nonetheless, the assembled secondary snippets in this briefing do not reproduce the Report’s complete chronology of every encounter, and therefore this analysis identifies specific dates that are verifiably cited in the provided sources while noting that a definitive exhaustive list requires consulting the full Starr Report or the complete govinfo House Document 105–310 [2] [3].
6. Context, criticisms and possible motives behind how dates/locations were presented
Scholars and critics have argued that Starr’s decision to include explicit sexual detail—beyond a simple catalog of dates and places—served both evidentiary and political aims, a contention underscored by commentary that the Report’s level of explicitness went “far beyond establishing” perjury and instead magnified the President’s humiliation [4]. The academic critique archived on JSTOR frames the Report as inventing a narrative that extended beyond legal necessity, indicating an implicit prosecutorial agenda to damage credibility and public standing [5]. Readers seeking the full, authoritative enumeration of every encounter, with precise dates and locations as assembled by the Independent Counsel, should consult the official House-published compilation of the Starr Report and exhibits on govinfo [2] and the Report text as reproduced by archival sources such as Famous-Trials [1].