Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-102
§528 Disqualification of Officers and Employees of the Department of Justice
Title 28 › PART II — DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › CHAPTER 31 — THE ATTORNEY GENERAL › § 528
Summary
The Attorney General must make rules that stop any Justice Department worker, including U.S. attorneys and their staff, from taking part in a specific investigation or prosecution if that involvement could create a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest, or even look like one. The rules can say that knowingly breaking them may lead to being removed from the job.
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Title 28, §528
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
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Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 26, 1978, see section 604 of Pub. L. 95–521, set out as a note under section 591 of this title.
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Citation
28 U.S.C. § 528
Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102