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NBC News reports:
The Justice Department will appoint former FBI Director Robert Mueller to be special counsel of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, NBC News reported. Robert Mueller became FBI director on Sept. 4, 2001. A Vietnam veteran who served in the Marine Corps, he was U.S. Attorney in San Francisco for three years before President George W. Bush named him to lead the FBI. He stepped down in 2013.
More from USA Today:
“I determined that it is on the public interest for me to exercise my authority and appoint a special counsel to assume responsibility for this matter,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Wednesday. “My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted.”
Based on the “unique circumstances,” Rosenstein said, “the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command.”
Mueller served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013 under both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations. Mueller, who preceded Comey as FBI director, was the longest serving director since J. Edgar Hoover. He served two additional years beyond his 10-year term, to ensure stability during a transition period in President Obama’s national security team.
The special counsel is specifically authorized to investigate any coordination between Russ gov and Trump campaign https://t.co/pbMJ77PDts
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) May 17, 2017
Btw there's no material difference between a special counsel and special prosecutor. "Special counsel" is the correct legal term
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) May 17, 2017