Originally Posted by Steve Rupe

The Special Prosecutor was appointed to investigate Whitewater initially but he went far beyond that scope. It turned out that he looked into every possible thing in Bill's life and eventually President Clinton was impeached. There is not any scope when it involves a Special Prosecutor. They do not take orders from anyone, but a President can and has fired a couple of them, but there is not any point to firing them as another takes his place and the investigation continues and usually with more vigor than before.