Nothing requires him to appoint a special prosecutor. A statute mandating the use of independent counsel in certain situations was allowed to expire in 1999. Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch did not recuse herself from the Justice Department’s investigation into the email practices of Hillary Clinton, a Democrat who would have been in a position to retain her if elected president.
Democrats have also pushed for an independent commission consisting of people outside of Congress, such as former judges and law enforcement and military officials. Such a commission could subpoena documents and witnesses and hold hearings to examine Russian interference in the election.
Such commissions were formed to investigate the 9/11 attacks and the assassination of President John F Kennedy.
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