What's a Special Counsel, and What Will He Do in the Trump Investigation?

Wednesday evening's bombshell news was that former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel to investigate Russian interference with the 2016 election and the country's connections to President Trump. While Trump himself derided the news,

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