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In the United States, a special counsel (formerly called special prosecutor or independent counsel) is a lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing for which a conflict of interest exists for the usual prosecuting authority. Other jurisdictions have similar systems.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded that Donald Trump engaged in an "unprecedented criminal effort" to hold on to power after losing the 2020 election, but was thwarted ...
The Special Counsel law requires a special counsel to confidentially provide the current attorney general with a report of findings. The attorney general, in this case William Barr, is then required to provide a summary of the findings to Congress, although he has considerable discretion in how much detail he provides.
[29] [30] On December 22, the Supreme Court denied the special counsel's request, leaving the case to the appeals court. [31] On January 9, 2024, the D.C. Court of Appeals heard arguments in the immunity dispute. The three-judge panel included J. Michelle Childs, Florence Y. Pan, and Karen L. Henderson.
Special counsel Jack Smith could soon seek to have the judge presiding over the case of former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents recused, prosecutors and ...
Special counsel Jack Smith could have a decision by December 2 on how to resolve Donald Trump’s criminal case surrounding the events of the 2020 election, he told a federal judge Friday.
Before the charges brought by the Special Counsel were filed, Michael Cohen had pleaded guilty on August 21, 2018, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to five counts of tax evasion, one count of bank fraud and two counts related to campaign finance law violations. Cohen says he paid Stormy Daniels "at the ...
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that he had appointed career prosecutor Jack Smith to lead two investigations into former President Donald Trump and to make a decision on whether ...