Career prosecutors sometimes resign from the U.S. Department of Justice citing concerns about political interference or ethical conflicts that they believe would compromise the department's prosecutorial independence.
October 07, 2025
high
temporal
Describes a recurring personnel response tied to perceptions of compromised prosecutorial independence.
Courts can disqualify a district attorney from prosecuting a case on the basis of an appearance of impropriety arising from a personal or romantic relationship with a prosecutor or special prosecutor.
high
legal-ethics
Judicial disqualification standards intended to preserve impartiality and avoid conflicts of interest or appearances of impropriety.