(a) Budget. (1) A Special Counsel shall be provided all appropriate resources by the Department of Justice. Within the first 60 days of his or her appointment, the Special Counsel shall develop a proposed budget for the current fiscal year with the assistance of the Justice Management Division for the Attorney General's review and approval. Based on the proposal, the Attorney General shall establish a budget for the operations of the Special Counsel. The budget shall include a request for assignment of personnel, with a description of the qualifications needed.
(2) Thereafter, 90 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, the Special Counsel shall report to the Attorney General the status of the investigation, and provide a budget request for the following year. The Attorney General shall determine whether the investigation should continue and, if so, establish the budget for the next year.
(b) Notification of significant events. The Special Counsel shall notify the Attorney General of events in the course of his or her investigation in conformity with the Departmental guidelines with respect to Urgent Reports.
(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.
Notes of Decisions
In re Grand Jury Investigation, 315 F. Supp. 3d 602 (D.C. Cir. 2018).
· cites it 2× “" 28 C.F.R. § 600.8 (c). The Attorney General must notify "the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Judiciary Committees of each House of Congress" upon either appointing or removing a Special Counsel, and provide "an explanation for each action.”
In re: App. Cmte. of the Judiciary, 951 F.3d 589 (D.C. Cir. 2020).
“On March 22, 2019, the Special Counsel submitted his confidential two-volume report to the Attorney General pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 600.8 (c). Volume I summarizes Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and describes the “numerous links between the Russian…”
United States v. Concord Mgmt. & Consulting LLC, 317 F. Supp. 3d 598 (D.C. Cir. 2018).
“The Special Counsel "shall notify" the Acting Attorney General "of events in the course of the investigation in conformity with the Departmental guidelines with respect to Urgent reports," 28 C.F.R. § 600.8 (b), which are "major developments in significant investigations and…”
United States v. Concord Mgmt. & Consulting LLC (D.D.C. 2018).
“The Special Counsel “shall notify” the Acting Attorney General “of events in the course of the investigation in conformity with the Departmental guidelines with respect to Urgent reports,” 28 C.F.R. § 600.8 (b), which are “major developments in significant investigations and…”
United States v. Concord Mgmt. & Consulting LLC (D.D.C. 2018).
“The Special Counsel “shall notify” the Acting Attorney General “of events in the course of the investigation in conformity with the Departmental guidelines with respect to Urgent reports,” 28 C.F.R. § 600.8 (b), which are “major developments in significant investigations and…”
Grand Jury Proceedings (D.D.C. 2022).
“” 28 C.F.R. § 600.8 (c). Public release of reports issued by the Attorney General to the Congress relating to a Special Counsel is possible if the Attorney General deems such release “in the public interest.”
Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Dep't of Just. (D.D.C. 2025).
“43, Final Report of the Special Counsel Under 28 C.F.R. § 600.8 at 1, ECF No. 39-4 at 401 (describing the scope of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation); see also id.”
Rtskhiladze v. Mueller (D.D.C. 2025).
“Following receipt, “[t]he Attorney General may determine that public release of these reports would be in the public interest, to the extent that release would comply with applicable legal restrictions.” 28 C.F.R. § 600.9 (c).”
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