Excellent point. You are right, this was a federal case, and the AG was Janet Reno. No wonder they did not want to look into the allegations.... democrats protecting themselves.
Thanks for the clarification. Dan Lungren had nothing to do with this case.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/776246/posts
Seeking less time behind bars, Nathanson offered to provide federal prosecutors with information about an elected official [Gray Davis] who[m] he claimed worked with him to elicit campaign contributions from people with business pending before the Coastal Commission.