The Justice Department Thursday declined to file charges in one of the more unusual cases of pardons and commutations issued by former President Clinton in his final days in office: allegations that the former president granted clemency to four Hasidic Jews after their tiny New York state community voted almost unanimously for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

After months of silence on the matter, U.S. Atty. James Comey in Manhattan, who is overseeing probes of 176 pardons and commutations granted in the final days of Clinton’s presidency, said his criminal investigation of other cases would continue.

But no charges will be filed in the clemency case of four residents of New Square, N.Y., an orthodox Jewish enclave about 30 miles north of Manhattan. Unlike most of the commutations and pardons under scrutiny, the New Square case involved no allegations of legal favors being traded for money only for votes.

“This is a welcome, albeit completely predictable development,” said David Kendall, former President Clinton’s attorney, to whom his office referred all questions Thursday.

Comey declined to elaborate on other cases, but among the most publicized pardons was the one Clinton gave to fugitive commodities trader Marc Rich, whose ex-wife, Denise, was a major donor to the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Clinton library foundation.

Other pardons under investigation include those granted to clients of Hillary Clinton’s brother, Hugh Rodham. President Clinton’s brother, Roger, was named in a recent House Committee report for trying to trade on his brother’s name.