aggiehawg said:
My gut tells me, Garland now appoints a specil counsel and everything gets swept under the rug for a few years, Congress is stonewalled, Statutes of limitations run and both Joe and Hunter walk.
Special Counsel appointments are governed by statutes, 28 CFR 600.1 specifically, I believe.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.1IF Garland were to try and get away with what you're talking about, the obvious question is, why didn't you do that in the first place? Why did you wait until now? It either met the criteria before or didn't. OR, what changed?
He leaves himself open to MORE Congressional scrutiny.