The national news this week focused on the discovery of classified documents at President Biden’s home in Delaware and former private office in Washington. Yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a former federal prosecutor as Special Counsel to investigate the matter. The Associated Press explains here that “The position of Justice Department special counsel is a fairly new creation, enacted by Congress in 1999 following a bruising and politically divisive independent counsel investigation that resulted in [impeachment proceedings against President Clinton]. The purpose was to ensure ultimate Justice Department oversight of sensitive investigations rather than vest them with an independent prosecutor who could operate unchecked and without supervision. Though the attorney general retains ultimate authority over a special counsel’s decisions, special counsels do have the latitude to bring whatever cases they see fit. They are funded by the Justice Department, can bring on their own prosecutors, are entitled to office space and are often expensive.” Keep reading for more news. Former Rocky Mount officer charged with selling 198 grams of cocaine. WRAL has this story about Linc Brooks, a former Rocky Mount officer who was arrested this week after a drug dog reportedly located 198 grams of cocaine in his truck during a traffic stop. Deputies then obtained a search warrant for Brooks’s house and apparently found guns, scales, and paraphernalia. Note that Brooks is alleged to have possessed just 2 grams less than the 200 gram threshold that separates Class G trafficking from Class F trafficking. A coincidence, or professional [...]
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