The Puerto Rico Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor's Panel ( es, Oficina del Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente) is an

autonomous In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ow ...

agency of the

executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico The executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico is responsible for executing the laws of Puerto Rico, as well as causing them to be executed. Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico vests the executive power on the Governor—w ...

that appoints Special Independent Prosecutors es, Fiscal Especial Independiente (FEI) to investigate and prosecute government officials who engage in criminal conduct. FEIs are equivalent to

special prosecutor In the United States, a special counsel (formerly called special prosecutor or independent counsel) is a lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing for which a conflict of interest exis ...

s while the agency is synonymous to the

United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel The Office of Special Counsel was an office of the United States Department of Justice established by provisions in the Ethics in Government Act that expired in 1999. The provisions were replaced by Department of Justice regulation 28 CFR Par ...

but at the state government level rather than federal.

References

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