ly not be true if the Attorney General refused the next Special Counsel's budget request-due on July 1. That would shut down the whole operation -the Special Counsel staff and grand juries. There might, however, according to research the team has prepared, be enough time between the order and the shuttering for th

ry public debate about whether such a legal proceeding would be constitutional-in effect trying to discredit, ahead of time, any prosecutorial action the Special Counsel's office might take. This may be a preemptive response to an indictment they expect is forthcoming. It may also be an effort to pressure Rosenstein. It

bly not be true if the Attorney General refused the next Special Counsel's budget request-due on July 1. That would shut down the whole operation-the Special Counsel staff and grand juries. There might, however, according to research the team has prepared, be enough time between the order and the shuttering for th