

The state's Public Integrity Commission has charged four aides to Eliot Spitzer with (civil) violations of the Public Officers Law -- former staff chief Rich Baum, former homeland security aide Bill Howard, former communications chief Darren Dopp, and former State Police superintendent Preston Felton.
But not Spitzer himself, which creates a lovely appearance given Dopp's claim that the commission's executive director has long been protecting Spitzer.
The report is here. Baum and Howard have admitted violations, Dopp and Felton have not and will get hearings.
The charge is that they "caused the State Police to serve the Governor's and their own non-governmental interests in a manner that compromised the State Police" and "misused their official positions to cause the State Police to engage in conduct that was wholly unrelated to the State Police's statutory mandate" of detecting and preventing crime.
Testimony -- including Spitzer's testimony -- is posted on the website, here. Lotsa pages.
