Editing Vince Foster (section)

===Subsequent investigations===
Five official or governmental investigations into Foster's death all concluded that he died of suicide.<ref name="Starr">Office of the Independent Counsel. "Report on the Death of Vincent W. Foster, Jr." October 10, 1997</ref>

* The first investigation was conducted by the [[United States Park Police]], in whose jurisdiction the death occurred, in 1993.<ref name="starr-background" /> Because of Foster's position in the White House, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] assisted in the investigation, as did several other state and federal agencies.<ref name="starr-background" /> The result of this investigation was released as a joint report from the Department of Justice, FBI, and the Park Police on August 10, 1993, and it stated: "The condition of the scene, the medical examiner's findings and the information gathered clearly indicate that Mr. Foster committed suicide."<ref name="starr-background">{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/docs/fosterii.htm | title=Background | work=Whitewater: The Foster Report | agency=[[United States Office of the Independent Counsel]] | series=[[The Washington Post]] | date=October 11, 1997 | access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref>
* Investigations by a coroner and [[United States Office of the Independent Counsel|Independent Counsel]] [[Robert B. Fiske]], in a 58-page report released on June 30, 1994, also concluded that Foster's death was a suicide.<ref name="encyclo-ic" /> This report made use of FBI resources and incorporated the views of several experienced pathologists; it concluded: "The overwhelming weight of the evidence compels the conclusion ... that Vincent Foster committed suicide in Fort Marcy Park on July 20, 1993."<ref name="starr-background" />
* A pair of investigations by the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] found that Foster died of suicide:<ref name="encyclo-ic">Gerald S. Greenberg, ''Historical Encyclopedia of U.S. Independent Counsel Investigations'', Greenwood Press, 2000. {{ISBN|0-313-30735-0}}. pp 133–134.</ref> One was by Representative [[William F. Clinger Jr.]] of Pennsylvania, the ranking Republican on the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|House Government Reform and Oversight Committee]], who reached this conclusion in findings published on August 12, 1994.<ref name="starr-background" /> The other was by the [[United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs|Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs]], wherein both the majority Democrats and minority Republicans on the committee developed findings that reached the same conclusion in reports issued on January 3, 1995.<ref name="starr-background" /> Theories of a [[cover-up]] persisted, however, some of which were promulgated by the [[Arkansas Project]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/scaifeside050299.htm|title='Arkansas Project' Led to Turmoil and Rifts|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 2, 1999|page=A24}}</ref><ref name="cnn-feb97">[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/02/23/starr.report/ Report: Starr Rules Out Foul Play In Foster Death], [[CNN]], February 23, 1997.</ref>
* After a three-year investigation, [[Whitewater controversy|Whitewater]] independent counsel [[Ken Starr]] released a report on October 10, 1997, also concluding that the death was a suicide.<ref name="cnn-feb97" /><ref name="encyclo-ic" /><ref name="wapo-final" /> In response, Sheila Foster Anthony, Vince Foster's sister, said she agreed with Starr's findings but criticized his investigation for having taken so long, thus contributing to the existence of "ridiculous conspiracy theories proffered by those with a profit or political motive".<ref name="wapo-final">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/stories/wwtr971011.htm|title=Starr Probe Reaffirms Foster Killed Himself|first=Susan|last=Schmidt|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 11, 1997|page=A4}}</ref> The inclusion of Foster's death in the Starr investigation, and the length of time it took, was in part due to the role of Starr associate counsel [[Brett Kavanaugh]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/after-investigating-clinton-white-house-and-vincent-fosters-death-brett-kavanaugh-had-change-of-heart/2018/08/02/66ee2b2c-91f5-11e8-9b0d-749fb254bc3d_story.html | title=After investigating Clinton White House and Vincent Foster's Death, Brett Kavanaugh Had a Change of Heart | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=August 2, 2018|first1=Robert |last1=O'Harrow Jr. |first2=Michael |last2=Kranish}}</ref> Kavanaugh's role in this became controversial two decades later during [[Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination|his Supreme Court nomination process]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Sean|last=Wilentz|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/why-was-kavanaugh-obsessed-with-vince-foster.html|title=Why Was Kavanaugh Obsessed With Vince Foster?|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 5, 2018|author-link=Sean Wilentz}}</ref><ref name="cnn-feb97" />

In 2004, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] ruled [[Unanimity|unanimously]] in ''[[National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish]]'' that the pictures of the scene and autopsy should not be released.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish|url=https://www.oyez.org/cases/2003/02-954|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-06|website=[[Oyez Project]]|language=en}}</ref>