Really. I wouldn't make something like that up. It was big news at the time. In fact, when Comey appointed Fitzgerald, there were rumblings of some type of conflict of interest since Fitzgerald was (and still is, I would assume), godfather to one of Comey's kids. So, there's independent, and then there's
independent.
Sure seems like Deputy AG's do a lot of that Special Counsel appointin' .
Every time an AG recuses their own self it seems like the Deputy AG can't wait to make a splash.
Is there some special (hidden) significance there that we should know about ?
No. It was all out there in the open when it happened, and the fact that Comey appointed Fitzgerald, who went bonkers in the same way that special prosecutors are wont to do, and Trump gave a full pardon to Fitzgerald's only golden nugget, it's a clear enough shot at Comey, who managed to get Mueller appointed, and a shot at Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald's statement on Cheeto's false claim re: Libby pardon:
Fitzgerald says it's a false claim, therefore ergo it must be a false claim? The man who has been characterized as having perpetrated
"...one of the most disgraceful abuses of prosecutorial power in this country's history... The Plame case proves [Fitzgerald] can bend the truth with the proficiency of the slickest of pols," is supposed to be believed at face value? Even Judith Miller, who's testimony was what convicted Libby, said that Fitzgerald steered her testimony to where he wanted it to go.