Why do we have Special Counsels? What are the limits of their power? These are questions that Americans ask every day as they read the headlines about Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Heritage legal expert, John Malcolm hosted an event at Heritage’s headquarters with former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and former prosecutor Andrew McCarthy. The panel explored the constitutional limits of such an investigation, and where a Special Counsel’s authority stops.
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How should we limit the Special Counsel?
James Duncan - October 19, 2018
A crime must have been committed. Scope limited to the crime.