A source familiar with the situation explained to Fox News on Wednesday that there is an “open discussion” regarding hiring a special counsel.
“It is an ongoing discussion,” the source said to Fox News. “No decisions have been made either way.”
Another source said that many believe a special counsel is needed because it would be a conflict of interest for an attorney general appointed by Biden to investigate his son.
“It was passed to deal with a potential conflict of interest of the attorney general or the president of the United States,” the source said. “A president-elect coming in, where his appointed attorneys will be investigating his son? That’s textbook conflict.”
At a press conference on Tuesday the president-elect was asked if the topic of his son was mentioned by he or his team as they select an attorney general candidate.
“No, no. I guarantee you, I’m going to do what I said,” he said. “The attorney general of the United States of America is not the president’s lawyer. I will appoint someone I expect to enforce the law as the law is written, not guided by me.”
