Rod Rosenstein and Robert Hur Talk Special Counsels

Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Sarah Isgur invites former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Hur to discuss the significance of special counsels, including the appointment process involved and the public’s perception of their independence and accountability. The Agenda: —Historical context of special counsels —Evolution of special counsel regulations —The personal impact —Role of predication —Public confidence —Q&A! Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.5	Ready?
1:23.1	I was born ready. Welcome to the Advisory Opinions podcast live from the University of Maryland. I'm Sarah Isgar and we have two special guests with us today.
1:28.3	Also two of my former bosses, so just bear that in mind as we continue this conversation.
1:33.3	Rod Rosenstein was the Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General over the Russia investigation
1:39.3	when I was at the Department of Justice.
1:41.3	And Rob Herr was the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. When I was at the
1:47.0	Department of Justice, went on to be the U.S. Attorney for Maryland, and of course was the special
1:51.6	counsel that investigated President Biden in the classified documents case. And this is going to be a
1:59.6	conversation about special counsels and whether this
2:03.6	makes sense what we're doing here. So I want to kick this off and I'm scared because I'm
2:09.6	looking at Rod's papers and there's like a hundred of them, but he's never steered me wrong.
2:15.6	So, Rod, here's my question. You worked on Ken Starr's
2:20.7	independent council team that investigated President Clinton. Can you describe the history and the
2:27.1	differences of how we have been investigating presidents from Nixon forward and where we've ended up.
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