At the request of the special counsel, Mr. Rove will not…

The special counsel has not advised Mr. Rove that he is a target of the investigation and affirmed that he has made no decision…

— Robert Luskin

Karl Rove described Obama as "the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini, and making snide comments about everyone…

— Bill Maher

I don't think the special counsel can avoid that question based upon the president's Donald Trump own statements. But I'm not charging obstruction of…

— Angus King

By definition, a Special Counsel is charged with investigating particular potential crimes, not all potential crimes wherever they may be found.

— William Barr

When it comes to investigating a president, the special counsel regulations I had the privilege of drafting in 1998-99 say that such inquiries have…

— Neal Katyal

They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it…

— Bruce Babbitt

Some commentators have attacked the special counsel regulations as giving the attorney general the power to close a case against the president, as Mr.…

— Neal Katyal

The appointment of a special counsel, I think, helps assure people and the Justice Department that they are going to go do their jobs…

— Paul Ryan

Appointing special counsel Robert Mueller to probe Russian meddling in the 2016 election (and any possible ties to President Trump's campaign) was the only…

— Neal Katyal

The special counsel regulations were written to provide the public with confidence that justice was done.

— Neal Katyal

When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.

— Valerie Plame

The idea that the special counsel regulations, which were written to provide the public with confidence against a coverup, would empower an attorney general…

— Neal Katyal

The special-counsel regulations were drafted at a unique historical moment. We were approaching the end of President Bill Clinton's second term, and no one…

— Neal Katyal

“There may be losses too great to understand That rove after you and--faint and terrible-- rip unknown through your hand.”

— William Stafford

Mr. Luskin also says that Rove did not knowingly disclose classified information and did not tell any reporters that Valerie Plame worked for the…

— Michael Isikoff