This is the history of the special counsel. This is no criticism toward any of them. But it's just sort of the nature of the beast is these special counsel, Special counsels have a history of going into all kinds of different directions, taking all kinds of time. diverting the American public's attention away from the enormous challenges that we always face, no matter when a special counselor, prosecutor, you know, we're empowered. So I'm not a big fan of special counsels. (00:59–01:02)
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Asserts that special counsels often divert attention and take excessive time.
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