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Recusal means the self-removal of a judge or prosecutor because of a conflict of interest. Common instances of recusal usually involve when the judge or prosecutor worked with or under one of the subjects of a case or a criminal investigation, or when the judge or prosecutor has past or present business ties with the subject. For example, in 1990 U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh recused himself from a criminal investigation into drug use among public officials because one of his former aides was a subject to the investigation. As another example, in 2008, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey recused himself from an investigation into the Alavi Foundation�s Iranian ties because he had previously represented them in court when he was in private practice.