Can a recused prosecutor fire a special prosecutor appointed in his stead to derail an invesigation by special prosecutor of people the recused prosecutor had ties to?

The South Carolina is to decide whether the special prosecutor appointed in the stead of a recused prosecutor had a right to activate the special grand jury proceedings (which the recused Attorney General did not want to do) and whether the recused Attorney General had the power to fire the special prosecutor for continuing the investigation in which the Attorney General had a conflict of interest to prosecute.

The case appears to be a no-brainer.

It is apparent that if a public official recuses from a case because of a conflict of interest, he recuses from it ultimately and completely, with no rights to influence the investigation and prosecution by any means - including by removal of an "inconvenient" special prosecutor (AG Wilson calls the special prosecutor an "upstart").

But, with a lot of corruption investigation appear to be going on at the moment, and a lot of judges being prosecutors, institutional interests may influence resolution of the case.

I will continue to cover this story.

Stay tuned.