New York Adult Entertainment: NY governor David Paterson faces no charges in aide case
Paterson has resisted calls to resign from office, although several top-ranking aides, critical of his actions, left their jobs when the story unfolded earlier this year.
The report also said it found errors by the New York Police Department and errors in judgment by the head of the governor’s State Police protection detail and by the aide, David Johnson, who no longer works for Paterson.
It noted that the Bronx district attorney could decide whether to pursue charges against Johnson, whose ex-girlfriend accused him of domestic violence.
The report also noted that Paterson pursued no action against his aide although he knew of the woman’s accusations.
“It is hard to reconcile this conduct with the Governor’s expressed commitment to the cause of domestic violence prevention,” it said.
Paterson took over the governor’s job in 2008 when former Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal, and the term expires at the end of this year.
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