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special prosecutor
noun
- (formerly) an independent counsel.
Example Sentences
A New Mexico state judge dismissed all criminal charges against the 66-year-old actor in July amid allegations of withholding evidence by the special prosecutor and members of the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department, which investigated the accidental shooting.
The state’s case unraveled when Baldwin’s attorneys accused the special prosecutor and sheriff’s deputies of misconduct.
This week he signed an executive order pulling security clearances from a private law firm that is representing former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith.
Then, Archibald Cox, a special prosecutor, was fired by President Richard Nixon after refusing to drop a subpoena for the Nixon White House tapes.
County Board of Supervisors approved the hiring of a new special prosecutor to look into police misconduct cases this week, less than a month after Dist.
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