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contents Preface vii Chapter 1. “Where There Is Smoke”: Investigating and Prosecuting Executive Branch Officials 1 Chapter 2. Legal Regimes, Attorneys General, and Executive Accountability 34 Chapter 3. When All Bets Are Off: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Their Family Members on Trial 61 Chapter 4. A Bit Too Familiar: When the Justice Department Investigates the Justice Department 90 Chapter 5. More Political Considerations: Departing Officials, Looming Elections, and the Influence of Partisan Opposition 118 Chapter 6. What’s a Little Prosecution among Friends? A Framework for Political Analysis 138 Notes 153 Select Bibliography 175 Index 187 ...

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