Sec. 2. Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel
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The Attorney General shall appoint a Special Counsel when the Attorney General determines that— criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted; that investigation or prosecution of that person or matter by a United States Attorney’s Office or litigating Division of the Department of Justice would present a conflict of interest for the Department or other extraordinary circumstances; and under the circumstances, it would be in the public interest to appoint an outside Special Counsel to assume responsibility for the matter. For the purposes of subsection
(a)extraordinary circumstances exist in any criminal investigation— of the President, Vice President, their spouses or children, or any organization, enterprise, or entity owned by, under the control of, or serving the interests of the President or Vice President; or which involves the activities of agents or entities under the control of or allied with a foreign state acting in concert with agents, organizations or entities associated with the President or the Vice President.