Not at all. Both Bush administrations and all 8 years of Janet Reno have stonewalled press FOIA requests for info on the investigation, run out of the St Louis U.S. Attorney's office, involving both major Repoublican and Democratic party figures.
There's a good bet that the Dems are trying to arrange it to be Bush II's Watergate in the event the 2004 election doesn't go as they prefer. And who would direct such an inquiry? Why the junior senator from New York, with personal experience as a Watergate Hearings staffer.
$50 million-plus embezzled via the Farmer's Home Administration's farm loans program, much, perhaps as much as a third, of which was rolled back into political campaign contributions. The initial FBI investigations were into two USDA employees named Fife and [appropriately enough!] Lawless. Once it became clear that they were willing to implicate former Democratic House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, the FBI and U.S. Attorney backed off.
Ashcroft's most recent involvement was while he was in the senate race with former Governor Mel Carnahan, who died before the election was held, but won. Both candidates were named in FBI FD-302s regarding the investigation.