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23 May 2017, 9:30 am by Josh Blackman
” The removal provision, § 600.7(d), provides: The Special Counsel may be disciplined or removed from office only by the personal action of the Attorney General. [read post]
23 May 2017, 4:59 am by Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager
Director, Is Named Special Counsel for Russia InvestigationSex assault law training now mandated for new Ontario judges What is a special counsel and how much power do they have? [read post]
23 May 2017, 4:32 am by Guest Blogger
Special factors did not counsel hesitation, even where a foreign national sought recompense for the misconduct of U.S. officials outside the United States. [read post]
22 May 2017, 11:30 am by Matthew Kahn
Andrew Kent explained the scope of the special counsel investigation into potential Russian interference and what the public should expect to learn from it. [read post]
22 May 2017, 9:19 am by Quinta Jurecic
Rosenstein, a career prosecutor within the Justice Department, was previously respected widely across party lines and had built a reputation for independence—and since the Comey firing, he has renewed many people’s confidence in him with his decision to appoint a special counsel and his choice of Robert Mueller to serve in that role. [read post]
20 May 2017, 7:19 am by Andrew Kent
(c) If the Special Counsel believes it is necessary and appropriate, the Special Counsel is authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters. . . . . [read post]
19 May 2017, 12:53 pm by Matthew Kahn
Paul Rosenzweig posted on Lawfare this morning about the importance of concurrent congressional and special counsel investigations. [read post]
19 May 2017, 9:13 am by Helen Klein Murillo
As the Times notes, it was a practice known to Comey’s associates and one practiced by former FBI Director (now special counsel in the Russia investigation) Robert Mueller, whose own notes famously bolstered Comey’s account of a 2004 showdown with the Bush administration over the warrantless wiretapping program. [read post]
19 May 2017, 8:58 am by Quinta Jurecic
I welcome the opportunity to discuss my role in the removal of FBI Director James Comey, although I know you understand that I will not discuss the special counsel’s ongoing investigation. [read post]
19 May 2017, 6:18 am by Jim Sedor
      Federal: Deputy Attorney General Appoints Special Counsel to Oversee Probe of Russian Interference in ElectionWashington Post – Devlin Barrett, Sari Horwitz, and Matt Zapotosky | Published: 5/18/2017 The Justice Department appointed Robert Mueller, a former FBI director, as special counsel to oversee the investigation into ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, dramatically raising the legal… [read post]
18 May 2017, 11:27 am by Susan Hennessey, Helen Klein Murillo
The Senate can authorize the Senate Office of Legal Counsel to bring an enforcement action in federal district court. [read post]
18 May 2017, 10:31 am by Rachel Bercovitz
  ICYMI: Yesterday, on Lawfare Quinta Jurecic posted statements by Rosenstein and Trump on the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel. [read post]
It is also worth noting that the office into which Mueller steps is different from the office occupied by independent counsels like Kenneth Starr and Lawrence Walsh. [read post]
16 May 2017, 5:24 pm by Kevin LaCroix
The first of the three articles (here) reflects his premise that the securities class action plaintiffs’ bar is relatively small, specialized and has “the capacity to coordinate. [read post]
16 May 2017, 1:14 pm by Guest Blogger
Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009), to introduce greater instability in the law than I think is deserved (full disclosure: with co-counsel, I litigated the case from its inception on behalf of the plaintiffs; I am no fan of the decision). [read post]
16 May 2017, 11:30 am by Selina MacLaren
In 2016, the Inspector General investigated a self-reported leak by an FBI agent, and in 2013, the Inspector General investigated a U.S. [read post]