Special counsel

The appointment of a special counsel is appropriate when there is a conflict of interest within the regular government protocol. This would be the case if the Justice Department decided to look into the activities of Hunter Biden. It now appears that the newly elected congress plans to investigate Hunter so this would be a reason for the Attorney General to appoint a special counsel. Once appointed all of the witnesses called by congress could refuse to testify saying the could not while the special counsel is investigating. That would take two or more years and by that time Biden will be out of office and no one will care. This would also eliminate the apparent bias of having a special counsel for Trump and not for Hunter so look for another special counsel soon.