On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
the statute was viewed by the Congress when it reconsidered it in 1999 as being unrestrained, unaccountable, impermissible, and the statute was not renewed
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Durbin criticized the independent counsel statute for being unaccountable and not renewed.
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