[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR600.7]

[Page 640-641]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
    CHAPTER VI--OFFICES OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 600--GENERAL POWERS OF SPECIAL COUNSEL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 600.7  Conduct and accountability.

    (a) A Special Counsel shall comply with the rules, regulations, 
procedures, practices and policies of the Department of Justice. He or 
she shall consult with appropriate offices within the Department for 
guidance with respect to established practices, policies and procedures 
of the Department, including ethics and security regulations and 
procedures. Should the Special Counsel conclude that the extraordinary 
circumstances of any particular decision would render compliance with 
required review and approval procedures by the designated Departmental 
component inappropriate, he or she may consult directly with the 
Attorney General.
    (b) The Special Counsel shall not be subject to the day-to-day 
supervision of any official of the Department. However, the Attorney 
General may request that the Special Counsel provide an explanation for 
any investigative or prosecutorial step, and may after review conclude 
that the action is so inappropriate or unwarranted under established 
Departmental practices that it should not be pursued. In conducting that 
review, the Attorney General will give great weight to the views of the 
Special Counsel. If the Attorney General concludes that a proposed 
action by a Special Counsel should not be pursued, the Attorney General 
shall notify Congress as specified in Sec. 600.9(a)(3).
    (c) The Special Counsel and staff shall be subject to disciplinary 
action for misconduct and breach of ethical duties under the same 
standards and to the same extent as are other employees of the 
Department of Justice. Inquiries into such matters shall be handled

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through the appropriate office of the Department upon the approval of 
the Attorney General.
    (d) The Special Counsel may be disciplined or removed from office 
only by the personal action of the Attorney General. The Attorney 
General may remove a Special Counsel for misconduct, dereliction of 
duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or for other good cause, 
including violation of Departmental policies. The Attorney General shall 
inform the Special Counsel in writing of the specific reason for his or 
her removal.