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>SC rules
Anon, fyi – what I posted ISN"T what he wrote. I posted a Congressional Research Service report on Special Counsels – that very interdastingly JUST got updated.
>Special Counsel info
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This Congressional Research Report on Special Counsels was JUST updated.
Special Counsel Investigations: History,
Authority, Appointment and Removal
Updated March 13, 2019
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44857.pdf
Footnote 133:
Special counsels are required to comply with DOJ rules, regulations, procedures, practices, and policies, and are directed to consult with the appropriate offices within DOJ or the Attorney General directly if necessary. Id. § 600.7(a). Additionally, special counsels are subject to discipline for misconduct and breach of ethical duties that are generally applicable to DOJ employees.
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Federal Regulations - SC Conduct and Accountability
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.7
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Federal Regulations - SC Final Report
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.8
§ 600.8 Notification and reports by the Special Counsel.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.8
(c) Closing documentation. At the conclusion of the Special Counsel's work, he or she shall provide the Attorney General with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel.
The Acting AG (RR) letter appointing Mueller can be read more broadly:
ORDER NO. 3915-2017
APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
TO INVESTIGATE RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE WITH THE
2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND RELATED MATTERS
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/967231/download
By virtue of the authority vested in me as Acting Attorney General, including 28 U.S.C.
§§ 509, 510, and 515, in order to discharge my responsibility to provide supervision and
management of the Department of Justice, and to ensure a full and thorough investigation of the
Russian govemmenfs efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, I hereby order as
follows:
(a) Robert S. Mueller III is appointed t() serve as Specia] Counsel for the United States
Department of Justice.
(b) The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confinned by then-FBI
Director James 8. Corney in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including:
(i) any links and/or coordination bet ween the Russian government and individuals
associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and
(ii) any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation; and
(iii) any other matters within the scope of 28 C.F.R. § 600.4(a).
(c) If the Special Counsel believes it is necessary and appropriate, the Special Counsel is authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters.
(d) Sections 600.4 through 600. l 0 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations are
applicable to the Special Counsel.