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1. Special Counsel

Reply to Pantagruel (Original post)

Sat Dec 18, 2021, 07:42 PM

Dec 2021

Not difficult at all. Mueller was a Special Counsel, appointed by the Attorney General and reporting to the Deputy Attorney General. So in this case, Garland would be the one to appoint, and DAG Lisa Monaco would be the Special Counsel’s direct boss.

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Impatience with Garland's pace of prosecution [View all] Pantagruel Dec 2021 OP

Special Counsel rso Dec 2021 #1

The SC process is a lot more difficult than writing a trendy meme, that for sure! Budi Dec 2021 #2

Maybe MG knows there is no DIRECT evidence tying trump to Jan 6. Hoyt Dec 2021 #3

This seems obvious leftstreet Dec 2021 #4

+++ JohnSJ Dec 2021 #5

MG is right to let the J6 committee proceed 1st. Budi Dec 2021 #6

Correct Pantagruel Dec 2021 #8

Run concurrent? I don't think you meant that. Nt JanMichael Dec 2021 #18

Thank you. Lets change that to consecutive. Budi Dec 2021 #20

Just found this Pantagruel Dec 2021 #7

Saying there is a conflict of interest would undermine the onenote Dec 2021 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #16

He's had plenty of time. There should've been scores of indictments... brush Dec 2021 #10

Consider the consequences Pantagruel Dec 2021 #11

It's too late to fire him. Someone putting a fire under him would help though. brush Dec 2021 #14

And by someone, you mean Biden? Poiuyt Dec 2021 #19

Yep. brush Dec 2021 #21

Add to this concern the fact that everyone who has been convicted and sentenced so abqtommy Dec 2021 #12

Technically, I think the crime Pantagruel Dec 2021 #13

Okay, I found this information from Merriam-Webster online: abqtommy Dec 2021 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #17