Why Garland appointed Smith to conduct investigations: a simple hypothesis

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3. It's not RICO, dammit!

https://www.popehat.com/2016/06/14/lawsplainer-its-not-rico-dammit/

(Not directed at you personally)

It's never RICO!

I mean, not literally never. But I can say with a very high level of confidence that if you're asking me, it's not RICO.

But it's an important case! And the facts are terrible! This defendant did really bad things.

That's not what RICO means. RICO is not a fucking frown emoji. It's not an exclamation point. It's not a rhetorical tool to convey you are upset about something. It's not a petulant foot-stomp.

RICO is a really complicated racketeering law that has elaborate requirements that are difficult to meet. It's overused by idiot plaintiff lawyers, and it's ludicrously overused by a hundred million jackasses on the internet with an opinion and a mood disorder.

Smith was appointed primarily because Trump declared his candidacy.

Special Counsels aren’t more aggressive or for more complex cases, they are appointed to avoid ethical and political conflicts.