This is a very good point from @steve_vladeck. The appointment itself does not comply with the regs. If Barr can appoint someone pursuant to his general statutory appointment authority and apply the regs, it is very likely that the next attorney general can rescind the order.https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1333880757153128455 …
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...special counsel regulations apply—and then remove Durham on grounds that his appointment is not, in fact, compatible with those regulations.
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The best course, in the real world, may be to let him finish his probe. But if the next attorney general wants to end this thing, I think he or she will have ample latitude to do so.
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That's all I got on quick inspection.
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Biden should tap Yates as AG: she'll have the institutional knowledge on where Durham may plant tripwires.
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