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there were “very few, if any” special counsels like him and abruptly blew up his classified documents case against former President
Special counsels traditionally operate independently or mostly independently of the attorney general, have broad jurisdiction to prosecute, and a deep well of funding for their work. The attorney general or president designates them to handle politically scandalous cases, which have, in the past, included theSince a 1999 regulation instituted by former Attorney General Janet Reno, which attorneys and judges have widely cited as significant, seven special counsels have been appointed.
Cannon agreed with Trump, saying in her 93-page order that “the appointment of private citizens like Mr. Smith—as opposed to already-retained federal employees—appears much closer to the exception than the rule.”-based Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, that some special counsels were “from within the Department and some brought into the Department. Courts uniformly rejected challenges to those appointments.
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