Asks Slate.
They kind of let her off the hook and certainly don’t draw a conclusion.
The nearly five-year investigation did turn up some splurges, like a $4,000 tab at the Four Seasons Hotel in Maui, but the agency declined to take legal action, citing a lack of resources. The Justice Department similarly turned down two requests from the Internal Revenue Service to investigate Moseley-Braun for criminal misappropriation of campaign funds.
Moseley-Braun seems to think she was vindicated. Not only was she not vindicated, she demonstrated incredibly bad judgment.