I still suspect the the Feds were deeply involved in the Shootout at the Twin Peaks Corral.
That’s what this article was alluding to.
Yes, has continued to point to that, what a costly mess
Of course they were. Boasting about how they'd termed their investigation that led up to arrests and indictment of Portillo, Pike and Forster operation "Bottom Rocker" seals that deal. The dreadlocked Santa Claus (a jolly 'ol st. nick is he) walked free -- "no billed" for Geoffrey Brady's death.
They were the hidden hand, but need not have their hand fully up the backside of each and every local-level LE and County prosecutors. Those latter 'actors' could have been depended upon to play their hoped-for roles without direct (traceable) instruction -- and it seems like they have.
Of course. Barney Fife can’t screw things up this bad. It takes the Feds.