A Republican prosecutor has cleared more than 30 Arizona politicians and three lobbyists of criminal wrongdoing in the Fiesta Bowl scandal, saying the state’s laws just weren’t tough enough for him to press charges.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has been investigating the politicians for eight months after news surfaced that almost a third of the legislature and other public officials had taken free football tickets and lavish trips from Fiesta Bowl organizers, while the game benefited from decisions made by public officials. But Montgomery said that evidence alone was not enough to convince him that the politicians and lobbyists had broken the law.
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