The 2007 Moonlight Fire in California claimed 65,000 acres. The idea was that government officials — state and federal investigators and prosecutors, could be counted on to conduct an honest investigation and ethical prosecution of those responsible for starting a forest fire. “Corrupt and tainted,” “egregious,” “reprehensible” and “governmental corruption” are the words of California Superior Court stemming from Cal Fire’s fraud-filled investigation.
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