The Shenanigans at proximal

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Under those regs, David Weiss is not eligible to be a special counsel. Period. The qualifications provision (§600.3) is explicit and unambiguous on this point:

The Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government. Special Counsels shall agree that their responsibilities as Special Counsel shall take first precedence in their professional lives, and that it may be necessary to devote their full time to the investigation, depending on its complexity and the stage of the investigation.

What drives the need for a special counsel is the Justice Department’s conflict of interest. What makes the counsel special is that he, at least at the start, is not plagued by the Justice Department’s conflict, having been brought in from outside.