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After Haggard's whitewash investigation, Whatcom County prosecutors issued an "all-clear" letter declaring the corrupt Whatcom County Natural Resources Planner Matt Mahaffie did nothing wrong. The letter ignored conflict of interest statutes, dismissed the use of county resources for private gain, and somehow concluded that a regulator buying properties he flagged as unbuildable and then approving them for development was perfectly legal. But the letter revealed something mor