Former Governor Spitzer, who reinvented the office of attorney general, but had trouble adjusting to being governor, has been reprieved. A statement by Michael Garcia, United States attorney ends eight months of uncertainty for the disgraced governor, who will not face any criminal charges for patronizing a high-priced prostitution ring.

A Democrat, Spitzer, who after eight years as state attorney general, was elected as Governor in 2006, built his reputation as a prosecutor, who single-mindedly tackled white-collar corruption and promised to bring the ethics back to Albany.

But, 'the sheriff of Wall Street', whose admirers hoped State Capitol would prove to be a steppingstone to national office, barely a year into his governorship, saw a federal affidavit that identified him only as Client 9 surface. The allegation that the seemingly strait-laced Spitzer, a product of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, had arranged a rendezvous with a high-priced prostitute in Washington on the eve of Valentine's Day, rocked the political world.

None the more so, for Spitzer as attorney general had overseen a task force prosecute a prostitution ring, operating behind corporate fronts and escort services. But, a couple of days after The New York Times reported he regularly frequented the Emperor's Club V. I. P., where prostitution services cost as much as $5,500 an hour, Spitzer tendered his resignation.

Though, Garcia in his statement said that his office had found Spitzer arranged for women to travel from one state to another state for prostitution purposes on multiple occasions, there is no evidence of Spitzer using public money or campaign funds to pay for the prostitutes.

Further, according to Garcia, insufficient evidence for bringing charges against the former governor, including Spitzer accepting responsibility for his conduct, has led the Department of Justice to conclude, it would not be in public interest to file criminal charges against Spitzer. Spitzer may have been cleared, but it is not yet known, whether the decision not to file charges means FBI and the Internal Revenue Service will end their investigation.

As for Spitzer, helping oversee his ailing father's New York real estate empire, when approached by a reporter sometime in mid-September stated, he would not like the circumstances of his own fall to diminish his achievements, since he had already paid for the sins committed.

Meanwhile, friends of the ex-governors say, as he rebuilds his life, Spitzer has also been discussing whether to get involved in charity, environmental or free legal work.