Posted on 07/06/2007 7:02:22 PM PDT by neverdem
ALBANY - Furious state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno yesterday accused Gov. Spitzer of ordering the State Police to track him for "political espionage" - and called for special grand juries to investigate the governor's possible "criminal liability."
Bruno, reacting to yesterday's bombshell report in The Post disclosing that Spitzer had targeted Bruno for an unprecedented State Police surveillance program, also announced that he was "activating" the Senate Investigations Committee to look into whether Spitzer abused the powers of his office.
A source said the committee may soon subpoena "internal e-mails and other documents" from the governor's office dealing with the circumstances under which the State Police were instructed to keep records of Bruno's travels.
"When the governor abuses his power, it not only works against his political enemies, it undermines the entire fabric of democracy," said Bruno, who asked the state Attorney General and Albany County DA to empanel grand juries.
Bruno charged that Spitzer's "pattern of behavior over the years, his repeated physical threats to state officials and others, his complete and total disregard for the truth, and now his willingness to use the State Police for surveillance in hopes of gaining some type of political advantage should send shivers up the spine of every New Yorker and raise serious questions about his fitness to serve in the state's highest office."
Spitzer announced that Kristine Hamann, whom he appointed as inspector general in February, would investigate.
Darren Dopp, Spitzer's communications director, insisted that nothing illegal or improper had occurred, contending, "We are confident that proper procedures were followed at all times."
He called The Post's report "grossly inaccurate and false," insisting, "There has never been any surveillance of Majority Leader Bruno by the State Police."
"When they have been asked to drive the majority leader, the State Police...
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It's nice to see Spitzer being challenged.
Don't get me started on that horse's a-s Hevesi, who only got elected because of the "ethnic" vote, not due to competance.
I posted this in my blog this morning
http://albanysinsanity.wnymedia.net/blogs/2007/07/06/spitzer-spied-bruno-charges/
Great interview from Fred Dicker, NY Post
Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the ping!
Spitzer is a Democrat, according to Stalinist rules when they are in power, they may do whatever they want. Besides, Bruno isn’t a real republican anyway./s
The trouble with being Spitzer’s communications director is that you need to constantly keep track of which versions of which lies you or the ‘honorable’ governor told to whom - otherwise, in cases such as this one, the lies can come back to bite you in the rear end...
This dirtbag Spitzer needs to be destroyed.
It’s good to see that some NY state Republicans still have the guts to stand up to Rats.
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