Trump Can Order DOJ to Appoint Me Special Counsel!
By Darren Samuelsohn
POLITICO
November 3, 2017
President Donald Trump is putting his Justice Department in an impossible spot by demanding that it investigate his political opponents.
With his forceful pleas via Twitter and recent media interviews to launch inquiries into everything from Hillary Clinton’s e-mails to an Obama-era uranium deal, the president is essentially setting the department up for a major breach of protocol if it actually follows through on his requests, according to former government attorneys and prosecutors.