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This web page contains the federal regulations that govern the appointment and authority of special counsels in the Department of Justice. It covers the grounds, qualifications, jurisdiction, staff, powers, conduct, accountability, notification and reports of special counsels.
- 600.4 Jurisdiction
The Special Counsel will be provided with a specific factual...
- 600.10 No Creation of Rights
PART 600—GENERAL POWERS OF SPECIAL COUNSEL § 600.10 No...
- 600.3 Qualifications of The Special Counsel
(a) An individual named as Special Counsel shall be a lawyer...
- Conduct and Accountability
(a) A Special Counsel shall comply with the rules,...
- Grounds for Appointing a Special Counsel
CFR. prev | next. § 600.1 Grounds for appointing a Special...
- Powers and Authority
Subject to the limitations in the following paragraphs, the...
- 600.4 Jurisdiction
In the United States, a special counsel (formerly called special prosecutor or independent counsel) is a lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing for which a conflict of interest exists for the usual prosecuting authority. Other jurisdictions have similar systems.
PART 600—GENERAL POWERS OF SPECIAL COUNSEL. a Special Counsel. 600.2 Alternatives available to the Attorney General. 600.3 Qualifications of the Special Counsel. 600.4 Jurisdiction. 600.5 Staff. 600.6 Powers and authority. 600.7 Conduct and accountability. 600.8 Notification and reports by the Spe-cial Counsel.
The United States Office of Special Counsel ( OSC) is a permanent independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic legislative authority comes from four federal statutes: the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
Aug 11, 2023 · A special counsel is an attorney appointed to investigate, and possibly prosecute, a case in which the Justice Department perceives itself as having a conflict or where it’s deemed to be in the...