for $20,000 in 2000 campaign donations made by MS, since Ashcroft has recused himself from the Enron investigation for exactly the same reason.

[link|http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-microsoft-antitrust0214feb14.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dpolitics%2Dheadlines|LA Times]

A spokesperson stated that the "totality of circumstances" dictated the decision. Which means, to my thinking, that MS wasn't considered to be a lightning rod like Enron is.