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Host, there is a "public integrity" section in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of NY. Its function is to deal with wrongdoing by high-ranking people. That's what it exists to do. Do a bit of a search and you'll see they have gone after people in both parties. The SDNY US Atty's office is (from personal experience) highly professional. Yes, local US Attys need clearance from DC to follow leads that point to high-ranking elected officials. That doesn't mean this was a partisan witch-hunt. Remember, young prosecutors make their names by taking down big shots. Thus has it ever been, thus ever will it be.
Host, are you really arguing that if some Republican officeholder in NY was paying for hookers by carefully calibrated wire transfers, and the SDNY USAO got info about it from the IRS who got info from the banks, that the SDNY USAO Public Integrity section wouldn't investigate, and possibly prosecute? That's just not realistic - they live for this stuff.
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