{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-600.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 600.1","heading":"Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel.","body":"The Attorney General, or in cases in which the Attorney General is recused, the Acting Attorney General, will appoint a Special Counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted and—\n(a) That investigation or prosecution of that person or matter by a United States Attorney's Office or litigating Division of the Department of Justice would present a conflict of interest for the Department or other extraordinary circumstances; and\n(b) That under the circumstances, it would be in the public interest to appoint an outside Special Counsel to assume responsibility for the matter.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER VI—OFFICES OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","PART 600—GENERAL POWERS OF SPECIAL COUNSEL"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"9b315414a7e609175c3a2a12c05ce3fa642063cc0f9f8706b755bbd2db11d81e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-572.40","next":"us/28-cfr-600.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}