28 U.S.C. § 535 : US Code - Section 535: Investigation of crimes involving Government officers and employees; limitations

Search 28 U.S.C. § 535 : US Code - Section 535: Investigation of crimes involving Government officers and employees; limitations

(a) The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
may investigate any violation of Federal criminal law involving
Government officers and employees -
(1) notwithstanding any other provision of law; and
(2) without limiting the authority to investigate any matter
which is conferred on them or on a department or agency of the
Government.
(b) Any information, allegation, matter, or complaint witnessed,
discovered, or received in a department or agency of the executive
branch of the Government relating to violations of Federal criminal
law involving Government officers and employees shall be
expeditiously reported to the Attorney General by the head of the
department or agency, or the witness, discoverer, or recipient, as
appropriate, unless -
(1) the responsibility to perform an investigation with respect
thereto is specifically assigned otherwise by another provision
of law; or
(2) as to any department or agency of the Government, the
Attorney General directs otherwise with respect to a specified
class of information, allegation, or complaint.
(c) This section does not limit -
(1) the authority of the military departments to investigate
persons or offenses over which the armed forces have jurisdiction
under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (chapter 47 of title
10); or
(2) the primary authority of the Postmaster General to
investigate postal offenses.