It's official, the GOP top brass wants Trump out. Bob Mueller was FBI director under Obama and Obama and him got along so well he
extended his term to 10 years.
Bob Mueller & Comey have worked together for years.
Special council has unlimited budget and does not answer to Trump or the DOJ.
The only drawback is special council probes usually take longer to complete. The GOP likes this because they have time to complete their legislative agenda and can tell constituents that an impartial investigation is taking place.
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Special Counsel Will Take Over FBI Russia Campaign Interference Investigation - NBC News
WASHINGTON ― The FBI, with the help of the Treasury Department, the CIA and other agencies, has been examining evidence of possible contacts, money transfers and business relationships between a variety of President Trump's associates and Russian officials, sources say.
Bowing to public and Congressional pressure, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Bob Mueller on Wednesday to be a special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, Justice Department officials said.
Mueller will take command of the prosecutors and FBI agents who are working on the far reaching Russia investigation, which spans multiple FBI field offices on both coasts.
The investigation goes well beyond a possible American connection, to include how Russian intelligence services carried out the campaign of fake news and leaking hacked emails that intelligence officials say was meant to hurt Hillary Clinton and benefit Trump.
But the question of whether Trump associates colluded with Russia is consuming public interest. No evidence has surfaced publicly linking Trump himself to the Russian interference effort.
The last special counsel was Patrick Fitzgerald, who was tapped in 2003 to investigate the leaking of a CIA operative's name.