---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 528"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "528"
heading: "Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/528"
units:
  - "Part II — Department of Justice"
  - "Chapter 31 — The Attorney General"
---

# §528. Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice


The Attorney General shall promulgate [rules and regulations](/usc/28/998.md?p=d) which require the disqualification of any officer or employee of the [Department](/usc/28/451.md) 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](/usc/28/998.md?p=d) may provide that a willful violation of any provision thereof shall result in removal from office.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–521, title VI, § 603(a), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1874.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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.