US Attorney Michael Garcia is denying that any deal exists between his office and the Spitzer camp regarding the governor's resignation in exchange for not being charged with a serious crime. With that in mind, experts are saying it's a virtual certainty Spitzer is in deep legal trouble:"To move funds from one place to the other, to hide the source of the money … it's still going to be money laundering," said John Jay College School of Criminology professor Joseph King. Experts say "Client 9" could face the following charges: * Money laundering for trying to conceal the source and recipient of financial transactions. * Tax evasion, if he was a knowing party to an all-cash business that wasn't filing taxes. * Violation of the Mann Act for paying for the trip from New York to D.C. by the call girl known as "Kristen." * Misuse of state resources, if he used his state-issued credit card for hotels or meals with prostitutes as well as if he was being...(Read Full Post)