28 U.S.C. § 528
Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 528, Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/464986
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The Attorney General shall promulgate rules and regulations which require the disqualification of any officer or employee of the Department of Justice, including a United States attorney or a member of such attorney’s staff, from participation in a particular investigation or prosecution if such participation may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest, or the appearance thereof. Such rules and regulations may provide that a willful violation of any provision thereof shall result in removal from office.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Ethics in Government Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally