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Justice Manual § 9-11.250
Disclosure of matters occurring before the grand jury to Department of Justice attorneys and Assistant United States Attorneys
Disclosure of materials covered by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) may be made without a court order "to an attorney for the government for use in the performance of such attorney's duty." See Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)(3)(A)(i). "Attorney for the government" is defined in Fed. R. Crim. P. 1(b)(1). Further guidance on the definition of “attorney for the government,” derived from the decision in United States v. Forman, 71 F.3d 1214 (6th Cir. 1996), is available to Department attorneys.
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[updated January 2020]
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