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2020-12-17 Home Front: Politix
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Trump mulling special prosecutor in Hunter Biden case
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[NYPOST] President Trump has spoken to advisers about appointing a special prosecutor to further a federal tax fraud probe into Hunter Biden, President-elect Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
 ...Failed seeker of the Democratic presidential nomination on multiple occasions, vice president under Barack Obama, giving it a last try in his dotage for 2020...
’s son, according to a new report.Trump is angry with outgoing Attorney General William Barr’s handling of the two-year-old case — which was kept under wraps by the Justice Department until after the election — and reportedly spoke to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and counsel Pat Cipollone about the matter, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported Wednesday.
The move could set up a showdown between Trump and his incoming attorney general, Jeffrey Rosen, whom he will likely lobby to follow his wishes.
Special prosecutors are protected by a federal law, making it difficult for a president or attorney general to fire them without severe backlash.
Under the regulations, a special counsel can only be fired by the attorney general for specific reasons such as conflict of interest or misconduct — meaning Biden and his as-yet-unannounced attorney general nominee would not be able to swiftly end the counsel’s investigation into the younger Biden’s business deals overseas.
Calls for a special counsel are gaining steam, with leading Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas last week calling for the Justice Department to appoint a prosecutor before the president-elect is sworn into office Jan. 20.
Barr on Monday announced he was resigning and will serve his last day on Dec. 23 amid lingering tension between him and the president, meaning Trump would need to push Rosen to appoint someone.
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