The AG doesn't walk home with an extra B in the bank after a settlement. He's not collecting the payout. As far as drumming up charges and collecting windfall

The AG doesn't walk home with an extra B in the bank after a settlement. He's not collecting the payout. As far as drumming up charges and collecting windfalls.. you think these companies with their legal departments would just hand that money over if they liked their position in court? You think things like "polluted the whole gulf of mexico" is a case of charges being drummed up? I would have liked to see these cases go to trial, too. But, from the DoJ's perspective, with the manpower they have, if they can wrap up a settlement and move on to the next case, that's a case they wouldn't have investigated if they were busy with litigation. If you really want to be upset about this type of thing, you should look into how often it affects normal people with normal criminal charges.