Since Holder claimed “recusal” how can he get involved in the decision to appoint Special Counsel. Isn’t that a bigger Conflict of Interest than the matter itself?
Great point.
You really want a Special Counsel? Obama’s DoJ will appoint a left-wing hack to lead it. The story will then go away, for a long time. Nobody in Congress or anywhere else will be allowed to pursue the matter further (”interfere in an ongoing investigation”).
Then, three or four years from now, the Special Counsel will quietly release his findings. It will be a whitewash; you will be outraged; and it will be too late to do anything more about it at that point.
The only way to get the information out now, so the public gets the information in time for it to matter for next year’s elections and 2016, is for the House to hold hearings.