re: #98 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

No. The Durham special counsel is tasked to investigate the actions of the FBI agents that conducted Crossfire Hurricane

“The Special Counsel shall be selected from *outside* the United States Government.” 28 C.F.R. § 600.3(a):https://t.co/q41153YTU4

So Barr is (belatedly) announcing that he appointed a Special Counsel *inconsistently* with DOJ’s own regulation. https://t.co/cnbP7PpShk

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 1, 2020

So, it’s looking like the appointment was illegal.