special prosecutor

Judge Boasberg also has the power to appoint a special prosecutor to pursue criminal contempt charges and to sidestep Bondi, a Trump loyalist who was appointed by the president.

He finally managed to get his Attorney General Bill Barr to name a special prosecutor to investigate Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

Nathan Hochman fired the special prosecutor who brought those charges late last year, but he has appointed a replacement who is currently overseeing the case.

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.