It looks like Merrick Garland is playing games with the rules.
Garland recently appointed U. S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss as the special counsel for the Hunter Biden investigation.
But there is a problem…
Special counsel appointments are supposed to be from outside the government, not someone that is currently getting a paycheck from the American taxpayer.
It’s Illegal
Now, before I go any further, I want to note that former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, when appointing John Durham, also broke this law.
Durham, at the time of his appointment, was the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.
Harvard Law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz explained, “It’s illegal.
“The regulation provides clearly that special counsel have to come from outside the government for good reason.
“What’s so special about a special counsel is that he doesn’t have to answer to the present administration, he’s independent.
“But if you have somebody who serves at the pleasure of the attorney general, and obviously as the U.S. attorney serves his pleasures [as] part of the administration, that person shouldn’t be serving.
“It’s in clear violation of the regulation itself.”
I honestly was not aware of this rule or I would have brought it up when Durham was appointed.
But that begs the question as to why the Democrats did not openly push back against Durham since his appointment also violated this regulation.
Source: Fox Business
