No Federal Charges Against Spitzer

Probably that special privilege Democrats get, even the disgraced ones. Being above the law must be wonderful. I guess the ignominy of the world knowing you keep your black knee-high socks on during paid sex sessions is enough punishment.

The United States attorney in Manhattan, Michael J. Garcia, announced on Thursday afternoon that no federal charges will be filed against former Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York, who resigned in March in a scandal over his role as a customer of a prostitution ring.

After 14 months in office, Mr. Spitzer resigned on March 12, 2008, after his role as a client of the prostitution ring, known as the Emperor’s Club V.I.P., became known. Mr. Spitzer’s resignation brought an abrupt close to a tenure marked by an almost unbroken string of stumbles and frustrations.

Federal prosecutors had been looking into whether Mr. Spitzer committed a crime known as structuring, or making payments in such a way as to conceal their purpose and source, by wiring money into a bank account controlled by the prostitution ring. That account — in the name of an entity called QAT Consulting — and another bank account were used to launder more than $1 million worth of proceeds derived from the prostitution ring, Mr. Garcia said in his statement on Thursday. Prosecutors also looked at whether Mr. Spitzer had used campaign money to pay for prostitutes.

Maybe they can still go after him for the Troopergate mess involving Joseph Bruno, although I won't get my hopes up.