We've heard this before, of course.
In addition, I'm still hearing the media say that a federal investigation of a prostitution ring led them to Spitzer. This is wrong. Spitzer was transferring money is questionable ways. Possibly he was stealing the money from the state. His transfers tripped some circuits, the banks tipped the IRS, the IRS followed his money, and they found that he was paying prostitutes.
It shouldn't be about the sex. It should be about the money.
The press has always given the DemonRats an exemption... from JFK, RFK, Ready Teddy (also K), Barney Frank and especially Trickie Willie (and his willie)... who would have cleary been dumped had the partisan press not come to his rescue!
This will not change... as many(Carville, et. al.) have already dusted off the “only about sex” mantra!
The beauty of this is with FR and other web based “heroes” the truth is out there if ya want it... thats, if ya want it!
Exactly what I said on a related thread. The whole attempt to demonize his wife and ignore the fact that he knowingly committed multiple felonies SHOULD be setting off flashing lights and alarm bells in our heads.
How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ring
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The Wall Street Journal reported that Spitzer’s transactions looked like they were kept below $10,000 to avoid federal reporting rules. This behavior to avoid the $10,000 threshold also helps the Feds find strange behavior, say 150 transactions between $7,000 and $9,000. The Journal notes:There has been a massive federal crackdown on money laundering in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and banks have been extremely diligent in filing such reports. Those reports often include details of transactions done by innocent people.Indeed, these reports are absorbed by the Treasury and crunched in a database to highlight potentially suspicious activity.