Thread by @MuellerSheWrote

THREAD: why a special counsel to investigate the leaders of the coup is a good idea.

First, POWER: a special counsel has prosecutorial powers and can grant all their team members the full powers of a US Attorney. They can indict and their subpoenas are toothy. 1/

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1452593251307900929

Second, SPEED: I know you feel like Mueller and Durham took forever, but it took only five months before Mueller started making it rain indictments on the likes of Manafort and Gates. It would be their ONLY focus, unlike the DoJ or FBI. 2/

Third, TRANSPARENCY: unlike the DoJ or congress, a special counsel is REQUIRED to disclose who & why they did or didn’t prosecute, & if the AG narrows the scope or blocks an indictment, they MUST tell congress they did so. DoJ doesn’t have to tell us shit. 3/

Fourth, INDEPENDENCE: special counsel has full power of a US Atty and insulates the AG and FBI from things they probably don’t want to be involved in. Sure, the select committee is bipartisan, but a special counsel is non-partisan. 4/

Finally, no, I don’t think it should be Mueller. Nor can it be someone like Yates or Schiff or anyone that would otherwise have to recuse from investigating trump over conflicts of interest. There can be ZERO conflicts. That’s the first thing donald went after Mueller for. END

PS: and if Laurence Tribe - one of the greatest if not THE greatest legal minds of our time - thinks it’s a good idea, it’s a good idea.

PPS: see this thread by @AshaRangappa_

https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1452724081355280385