Prosecuting Executive Branch Wrongdoing
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چکیده
Attorney General William Barr’s handling of Robert Mueller’s Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in 2016 Presidential Election was undeniably controversial and raised meaningful questions regarding impartiality Department Justice. Yet, conduct, which occurred at conclusion Mueller investigation, merely caboose end a series controversies that were coupled together from outset investigation. Ensnarled dissonance its inception, investigation dogged by ultimately compromised legitimacy. Public trust criminal investigations executive branch wrongdoing requires prosecutorial independence. To further this critical objective, an investigative structure must be implemented grants prosecutor sufficient latitude to pursue independent while reigning exercise runaway discretion. Indeed, no time since Watergate has there been such clear need for reform. This Article will explain why many beset can sourced Special Counsel regulations—the rules governed his appointment, as well authority. And it these ills ameliorated enacting modified innovative version expired Independent Statute.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0363-602X', '2688-4933']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36646/mjlr.54.2.prosecuting