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September 30, 2005

Somebody Ought to "Investigate" Elliot Spitzer

From the Wall Street Journal:

"Here's a case alleging deception, in which nearly everyone involved says that the full details were provided repeatedly. The public official who brought the case has indulged garish profiles of himself to publications like Vanity Fair, People and New York magazine, while at the same time resisting scrutiny of key facts in the case. And while his office recently said it is low on funds to pursue Medicaid fraud, he is devoting multiple lawyers to this case--which will benefit the state not one nickel. Medicaid spending by the way costs this state more than a quarter of its budget, in excess of $40 billion."

Sounds like another Martha Stewart case; a "big name" target to burnish the reputation of the state of New York's Attorney General who has already announced he is running for governor next year. Political prosecutions don't help anyone and as far as I can see Spitzer is a terrorist of the courtroom who persecutes prominent targets solely for the headline value rather than any real crime.

To the extent that NY state law has been broken the charges are mainly technical ones more suited to civil charges and rather than felony criminal prosecutions. And once ol' Eliot gets into the governor's chair they likely will be dealt with that way too. And too bad for the people and firms who are languishing in jail or home confinement, tagged with permanent criminal records, and fined thousands of their hard earned dollars, eh Eliot?

Posted by Ali Massoud at September 30, 2005 01:36 PM

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