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PAGE FIVE DE FBIJK OOO2 UNCLAS THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, ROBERT GENZMAN, AND GEORGE SteInBReNNER. MAUSA ADVISED THAT HE NOULD CONTACT b6 per FBI GENZMAN, ADVISE HIM OF THE ABOVE INFORMAT.ION AND RECONTACT SSA b7C WITH GENZMAN*S DECISION. ON JULY 15, 1991, MAUSA ADVISED SSA That U.S. ATTORNEY GENZMAN WILL RECUSE HIS OFFICE IN THE MDF (INCLUDES JACKSONVILLE) FROM PROSECUTION IN THIS MATTER, AND b6 per FBI b7C HAD INSTRUCTED MAUSA TO FORWARD A LETTER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, D.C., REQUESTING THEIR Assistance. GENZMAN'S DECISION WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT STEINBRENNER WAS RECENTLY A VICTIM/WITNESS IN AN EXTORTION TRIAL PROSECUTED BY GENZMAN'S OFFICE, AND THERE WERE UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS IN THE MEDIA THAT THE FBI AND U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAD PURSUED INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION IN THIS MATTER BASED SOLELY ON PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WHICH EXISTED BETWEEN STEINBRENNER AND MEMBERS OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FBI IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. MAUSA Emphasized That b6 per FBI b7C NOTWITHSTANDING THE TOTAL FALSITY OF THESE ALLEGATIONS, U.S. ATTORNEY GENZMAN DID NOT DESIRE ANY APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON THE PART OF HIS OFFICE.