2 USC 288k - Attorney General relieved of responsibility
(a) Upon receipt of written notice that the Counsel has undertaken, pursuant to section 288c (a) of this title, to perform any representational service with respect to any designated party in any action or proceeding pending or to be instituted, the Attorney General shall
(1) be relieved of any responsibility with respect to such representational service;
(2) have no authority to perform such service in such action or proceeding except at the request or with the approval of the Senate; and