What Spitzer Is In Trouble For

It isn't for using a prostitute as Andy McCarthy explains in the Corner, it is for a raft of racketeering, money laundering and organized crime. I am sick of this already so this will be my last post on the matter. Here is a snip but read the whole thing, Andy used to be a Federal Prosecuter so I think he would know.

The racketeering laws contain a provision, much loved by prosecutors, commonly known as the "Travel Act" — and more formally as "Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises." The Travel Act makes it a crime to travel in interstate commerce with the intention of, among other things, promoting, conducting or distributing the proceeds of unlawful activity (expressly including prostitution), if, after the travel, such an illegal activity is performed. It would, for example, be a felony violation of the Travel Act (punishable by up to five years' imprisonment), to travel across state lines (or aid and abet a prostitute in doing so) for the purpose of promoting or carrying on the business of a prostitution ring; it would, similarly (and separately), violate the Travel Act to send the prostitute back across state lines to distribute the proceeds of the prostitution.