We know about the delay in having a special counsel appointed.
In 1868 he was appointed junior counsel to the Treasury.
But the standard for appointing an independent counsel can't be that broad.
That's why it was necessary to appoint a special counsel in the Iran-contra cases.
In 1813 he was appointed counsel to the University of Cambridge.
He was appointed Queen's Counsel ten years later in 1982.
He gave this work up on being appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1957.
They were dead wrong, all of them, when they talked Bill into appointing special counsel.
Second, we should return the full authority to appoint a special counsel to the Attorney General.
The trial judge has discretion whether or not to appoint new counsel on request of the defendant.