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Statements from Trump and the White House suggested he had been dismissed to ease the "pressure" on Trump due to the Russia investigation. [45] [46] [47] Later that month he arranged for a friend to tell the press about a memo he had written after a February 14 private meeting with the president.
During Trump's term, seven U.S. attorneys named were women, including acting attorneys, and one of his first 42 appointments was a woman. Seven individuals named to vacancies among the 93 positions were people of color. [1] In February 2021, the new Biden administration's DOJ asked 56 Trump-era attorneys to resign by the end of the month. [2]
Previously under the Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994, United States Attorney General Janet Reno had Donald Smaltz appointed Independent Counsel by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (Division for the Purpose of Appointing Independent Counsels Ethics in Government Act of 1978, As Amended, Division 94 ...
Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland said he appointed a special counsel because Trump and Biden have both indicated they intend to seek another term as president. Garland appointed Smith on Nov. 18.
Smith is also prosecuting Trump in federal court in Washington over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, but his lawyers have not made a similar challenge to the special counsel in that case.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that a special counsel has been appointed to oversee the Department of Justice's investigation into former President Donald Trump regarding the ...
While the term 'special prosecutor' is sometimes used in historical discussions of such figures before 1983, the term 'special counsel' appears to have been frequently used as well, including, for example, in contemporary newspaper accounts [7] describing the first presidentially-appointed special counsel in 1875.
Special Counsel – Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (four-year term of office) 93 United States Attorneys (one in each federal judicial district, except that one U.S. Attorney serves for both the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; four-year terms of office) [6]