 special counsel Smith. Mr. Smith is a private citizen exercising the full power of a United States attorney and with very little oversight or supervision. From 2000 to 2016, we had one special counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, from 2017. Until today, we've had five. Robert Mueller was a former FBI director who investigated Trump and the Russia connections. He was not Senate approved, but Judge Cannon is not going back in time. Nothing she can do about that.