And on January 6, 2001, Vice President Al Gore could have named himself the winner of the 2000 election. Vice President Dan Quayle could have declared from the lectern to Congress on January 6, 1993, that President George H.W. With William Barr's recent resignation as attorney general, his former deputy, Jeffrey Rosen, is now acting attorney general. The special counsel regulations specify that only "[t]he Attorney General, or in cases in which the Attorney General is recused, the Acting Attorney General" has the power to appoint special counsel. Tom (Florida): Can the new administration simply shut down or fire any "special counsel" appointed by the prior administration?

Source: CNN December 29, 2020 16:07 UTC