There has to be some kind of omnipotent force at work in the Universe. The law of "what comes around goes around" is absolutely true.
I'm just reporting this Elliot. Please don't sue me. I'm sorry.
Posted on 07/26/2007 3:59:14 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The state Ethics Commission has authorized its staff to start a preliminary investigation into the scandal in which top aides to Gov. Eliot Spitzer used state police in a plot to discredit Republican Senate leader Joseph Bruno, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
The letter from the Ethics Commission's executive director states the commissioners have acted and "authorized staff to review facts and circumstances" of the case that has dominated the Albany agenda since state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released an investigative report Monday. Unlike Cuomo, in this case, the Ethics Commission has subpoena power to compel testimony.
The letter, dated Thursday and addressed to Cuomo, was provided by a state official on the condition of anonymity because the investigation hadn't been officially announced. When told of the letter, state Ethics Commission spokesman Walter Ayres confirmed it came from the investigative agency.
Ayres said the probe is a "preliminary investigation" reviewing all that Cuomo produced, which could be followed by the commission's own interviews and documents searches. Spitzer's office, however, considers it a routine "review" of Cuomo's records.
The commission seeks all interview transcripts, notes, e-mail and other material from Cuomo's investigation, but it can compel testimony under oath. Cuomo's interviews were voluntary because he lacked subpoena power in this case.
Spitzer spokeswoman Christine Anderson said the governor's office has offered to produce all the records it had provided to the Office of the Attorney General and the Inspector General's Office.
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There has to be some kind of omnipotent force at work in the Universe. The law of "what comes around goes around" is absolutely true.
I'm just reporting this Elliot. Please don't sue me. I'm sorry.
Sptitzer unethical??
Can’t be !!
The NY State Legislature has an Ethics Commission? Oh, life is rich...
Who cares about that poseur/scheister Elliott Spitzer!
Whats up with the Brit pix?
Careful what you say. Elliot will subpoena your butt.
This has gone further than I’d have dared to wish. Let’s hope it keeps going . . . and going . . .
Huh, huh... he said, "Probe"! That's like, cool!
Me too...but that’s wishful thinking on my part.
We interrupt this thread about a liberal, Socialist power hungry populist Dem politician to bring you the Brittany Spears pics:
We now return you to your scheduled power hungry aging liberal hippie Dem caught in a corruption scandal post.
Yeah, it’s important to note that he’s before an “Ethics Commission” rather than a judge because what he “did” didn’t violate the law – at least for him.
Bob Packwood comes to mind…
Coincidentally, they're also the local chapter of Anosmiacs Anonymous.
Thanks to them, we have Hillary Clinton running for POTUS.
Scr#w them, they should choke(and I mean that in the nicest possible way!).
As Thomas Jefferson said “Democracy guarantees that people will get the government that they deserve.”
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