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I think the commenters point is that with even a few tens of millions of dollars you could buy any 3rd party off.

• DaiPlusPlus 9y ago
  The identity of the auditors would be public information and they would be under a lot of scrutiny. They would have to go through a lot of trouble to launder any bribe money they received. What use is a few million dollars if you can only spend it as petty cash?
  • mikeash 9y ago
    Judges being a great example. There are huge incentives to influence them, but they’re generally pretty hard to buy off.
    • noir_lord 9y ago
      And the penalties for doing so are draconian and applied by a different judge and historically judges frown on attempts to subvert the judiciary.