some tried
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/garlands-special-counsel-appointment-in-the-biden-probe-is-a-farce/ probably a loophole somewhere.
Special Counsel is required to have:
600.3 Qualifications of the Special Counsel.
(b)The Attorney General shall consult with the Assistant Attorney General for Administration to ensure an appropriate method of appointment, and to ensure that a Special Counsel undergoes an appropriate background investigation and a detailed review of ethics and conflicts of interest issues. A Special Counsel shall be appointed as a “confidential employee” as defined in 5 U.S.C. 7511(b)(2)(C). I sent a FOIA request for the report on Mueller's detailed
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This is the response I got:
They used a different law to bypass the detailed review of ethics and conflicts of interest issues and instead, cited his(Mueller's) federal resume as proof.