Special Counsel Protection Bill
Pending legislation titled the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act states that only the Justice Department can fire special counsels and only for “good cause” — in effect codifying an existing Justice Department regulation. The bill would give the special counsel 10 days to dispute the firing in court. If a panel of three Federal judges determined that the firing was not for “good cause,” the special counsel would be reinstated. In the interim, his staff and investigative materials would be preserved. Senator Lindsey Graham (SC-R) introduced the Senate bill (S. 2644) with cosponsors Senators Chris Coons (DE-D), Thom Tillis…
