How much power does a Federal Tax Prosecutor have?

The best summary of a Federal Tax Prosecutor comes from the book: Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves
by John Kroger, which can be found here. The section from the book is paraphrased as follows:

In the United States today few people possess more power. As early as 1940 Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson remarked that a federal prosecutor has “more control over life, liberty and reputation than any other person in America.” Since Jackson’s day, that power has only increased. In the words of federal judge (and former AUSA) Gerald Lynch […]