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Originally Posted by sarettah
And you did not read what I quoted.
The rules for a special counsel is covered under US Code Chapter 40. (The US Code is the set of Laws passed by Congress and the rules established to enforce them) And the US Code clearly gives the Attorney General the role of appointing Special Counsel, in particular an Outside counsel (outside counsel means someone NOT employed by the US attorneys office as an Attorney)
28 CFR Part 600 (which is referenced iin the article I quoted) covers the powers of a special counsel. 600.1 Grounds for appointing a special counsel states:
So, in contrast to what you stated, Congress has established that the Attorney General Can appoint Special Counsel and that that counsel should be from OUTSIDE the US Attorneys office.
Furthermore, since the Attorney General (or in the case of recusal the next in line) has hire and fire control of the special counsel and the Attorney General defines the scope of the investigation the Special Counsel is by all definitions an INFERIOR officer and NOT subject to the Appointments clause.
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I was actually just reading USC 28 594 and 595 and then read your comment.. Then scanned your source. So now we are on "defined scope.." And even your source agrees that Mueller is well outside of his defined scope.. So then we get into Rosenstein redefining his scope later on... And leaving his scope pretty much open ended... Which kinda kicks him out of the "defined scope" argument doesn't it?