Sentence examples for special counsels from inspiring English sources

Special counsels are typically brought on to investigate the conduct of government officials while they were in office.

It's not that previous Presidents didn't feel just as enraged at their critics, or at special counsels.

Special counsels must obey such restrictions, too — and inevitable litigation over any subpoenas to the press mean courts will oversee their decisions.

For decades, presidents hired their own special counsels on the rare occasions that they thought something in the White House smelled badly enough to need looking at.

The law providing for special counsels, later known as independent counsels, expired in 1999 in the face of considerable criticism by Democrats and Republicans.

Some Republicans, accusing the Obama administration of leaking information to make President Obama look tough, have called for special counsels to lead the new investigations, too.

He was named special counsel.

It also named Michael P. Dougherty as special counsel.

Joseph Percoco, 40, special counsel, attorney general's office.

Mr. Pellecchio, 64, is a special counsel for Citigroup in Manhattan.

That highlights another problem with bringing in a special counsel.