For that reason, Sessions’s suggestion has raised fresh questions about the independence of the Justice Department in the Trump administration. (Reuters)The first year of the Trump administration has been a turbulent one for the Justice Department. The American public deserves it!’’Current and former Justice Department officials could not recall the last time the department publicly dangled the possibility of a special counsel appointment. The FBI probed that issue in 2015 and 2016, but Justice Department officials decided there wasn’t enough evidence to pursue a full-fledged investigation. McCarthy also said he thought it was a mistake, legally and politically, for the Justice Department to publicly suggest that it might appoint a special counsel.

Source: Washington Post November 14, 2017 22:44 UTC