§595 Congressional oversight

Summary

Congressional committees that oversee independent counsels have the right to check how those counsels do their work, and the independent counsel must cooperate. The independent counsel must send Congress one yearly report about what the office did and how investigations or prosecutions are going. The report can leave out things that must stay secret, but it must give enough detail to explain how the office spent its money. If a committee asks about a public case, the Attorney General has 15 days to tell the committee when the case information was received, whether a preliminary investigation is happening and when it began, and whether a court filing asked for an independent counsel or said no more investigation is needed (and the date of that filing). The independent counsel must tell the House if they learn credible information that could be grounds for impeachment. Nothing here stops Congress or either House from getting information during an impeachment.