but right now, he s just a guy. and the doj has investigated plenty of candidates and politicians without special counsels. take a democratic senator, bob menendez. he was indicted for bribery allegations. he beat that case in a mistrial. doj dropped it. take a very famous convicted politician, who was actually, as a footnote, pardoned by trump. democrat rod b lo ogoovec. just this year, there was a nebraska congressman convicted of lying while they were investigating illegal campaign contributions. no special counsel. now, take it from a lawyer, lawyers can debate words like extraordinary and public interest. but the history suggests you can investigate politicians, and it s not extraordinary or unusual. that s why it usually happens without special counsels. so, this appointment doesn t mean trump is more likely to be indicted at all.