“It is an ongoing discussion,” the source told Fox News. “No decisions have been made either way.”

Another source told Fox News that some high level DOJ officials believe a special counsel is “warranted,” and cited the special counsel statute.

“It was passed to deal with a potential conflict of interest of the attorney general or the president of the United States,” the source told Fox News. “A president-elect coming in, where his appointed attorneys will be investigating his son? That’s textbook conflict.”