I don't know how you can conclude that. To stop it they would need to challenge it in court and they're up against a potential profit here that can afford any number of big-gun law firms. I don't know the law here, but that's what will determine if this scheme succeeds, and hard proof that this sale violates such applicable laws.

I mean, you're in the territory of a non-profit entity being used to generate profit for a few individuals through corruption. The AG has a lot of pull here.

Source?

All that has happened right now is some Bad PR and some suspect dealing that may or may not be grey area legal...

with Billions and Billions of dollars on the table I dont think some Bad PR is going to stop this deal.

Unless there is an actual court order or a official ICANN document blocking the sale it is still moving forward