Senators Introduce Two Bills to Protect Special Counsels From Removal

Matthew Kahn
Thursday, August 3, 2017, 3:24 PM

This afternoon, senators introduced two bills that would create additional protections against the removal of the special counsel. The full text of each bill is included below.

The Special Counsel Integrity Act, introduced by Sens. Thom Tillis and Chris Coons:

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This afternoon, senators introduced two bills that would create additional protections against the removal of the special counsel. The full text of each bill is included below.

The Special Counsel Integrity Act, introduced by Sens. Thom Tillis and Chris Coons:

The Special Counsel Independence Protection Act, introduced by Sens. Lindsey Graham, Cory Booker, Sheldon Whitehouse and Richard Blumenthal:

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Matthew Kahn is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School and a contributor at Lawfare. Prior to law school, he worked for two years as an associate editor of Lawfare and as a junior researcher at the Brookings Institution. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2017.

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