I said we would give all this over to the special counsel.

If I did something wrong, it will come out in the special counsel.

The special counsel may not be following leads into these new areas.

A special counsel would almost certainly gather more information than Congress.

As such, the calls for a special counsel are premature.

The 58-year-old special counsel does bring legal credentials to his new job.

He refused to take questions about Democrats' calls to turn over the case to an independent special counsel.

"Well, that's a decision that the special counsel will have to make."

He served as special counsel to the attorney general of Ohio in 1911 and 1912.

Now, he has agreed to the appointment of a special counsel.