Spitzer bullied people, threaten legal action using the powers of his office for basically black mail, ruined many people’s reputations based on innuendo and in some cases nothing at all. The list of Spitzer’s enemies is too long to publish and his only friend is his dog (if he has one).

He played political hard ball and is now catching the return line drive in the “soft” balls.

According to published reports, the investigation arose when Spitzer’s own bank alerted IRS to suspicious bank transfers (apparently to off-shore accounts). That led to a federal wiretap that identified the prostitution operation that involved the governor.

Those types of bank transfers have also been prominent in the drug trade, where traffickers used bank wire transfers to send drug proceeds or payments for drugs. The IRS, to their credit, educated banks decades ago as to what was happening and enlisted their cooperation in uncovering drug money movements.

Under federal law, financial institutions are required by law to report money transactions in excess of $10,000 to the IRS. Drug traffickers, aware of that requirement, resorted to sending smaller amounts under $10,000, often going to multiple banks and sending multiple shipments of funds. That is also a crime-called Structuring, in essence, attempting to circumvent the reporting requirements.

So now, the question is-what exactly did Spitzer do in sending money to a criminal enterprise in the amount of tens of thousands of dollars? Of course, many will argue that it makes no sense to prosecute a man for patronizing prostitutes, although others will argue-why prosecute prostitutes and not their customers? The Mann Act is also in play, but I think the money transfer to a criminal enterprise is Spitzer’s most serious problem. At this point, it appears (though not yet proven) that the Governor of New York (and former Attorney General who prosecuted prostitution rings) has engaged in a conspiracy with a large scale criminal organization and violated currency transaction laws in order to cover up his illegal activity. Of importance is what quantities did Spitzer transfer to the Emperor’s Club? Apparently, it was suspicious enough to cause the bank(s)in question to alert the IRS. If,in fact, the money transfers were illegal, and given the fact that they were sent to a criminal enterprise, then Mr Spitzer is in deep legal trouble.

gary fouse
fousesquawk

One news report I heard they called her a former call girl and mainly a SINGER, and then went on adn on about how fresh faced and young she is, and her singing career…

Clue one…she was a hooker, get the facts straight MSM.

On a somewhat related note, heard a great Bill and Hillary joke:

When they got married, Bill told Hillary that there would always be a box under the bed that was his and that she must never look in it. She abided by this agreement until just a few weeks ago, when curiosity finally got the better of her and she opened it and peeked. Inside were 3 empty beer cans and $8,679 dollars. She admitted she peeked, and asked him about the beer cans. Bill said “Well, whenever I was unfaithful to you, I drank a beer and put the can in the box.” She was hurt, but thought, well, 3 times, I can understand that, Monica and Flowers and such. Then she asked him about the money, to which he replied “Well, whenever the box got too full of cans I turned them in for recycling and put the money in the box instead…”