Posted on 09/14/2007 8:43:54 PM PDT by neverdem
ALBANY, Sept. 13 — Private lawyers for two top aides to Gov. Eliot Spitzer said on Thursday that they would not fight subpoenas issued by the State Ethics Commission earlier this week.
Terence L. Kindlon, a lawyer for Darren Dopp, the governor’s communications director, said his client told him to abandon his plan to fight a subpoena and instead cooperate with the commission. And Steven F. Reich, a lawyer for Richard Baum, the secretary to the governor, also said his client would not fight the subpoena issued to him.
Two months ago, the governor said he and his staff had “fully cooperated” with the office of Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, which issued a report in July that found that the Spitzer administration misused the State Police trying to discredit Joseph L. Bruno, the Senate majority leader. But it soon became public that the governor’s counsel, David Nocenti, had advised Mr. Baum and Mr. Dopp against speaking to Mr. Cuomo’s investigators. Mr. Cuomo had no power to compel them to, since he lacked subpoena power in the case.
Now, however, the matter is being investigated by the Albany County district attorney, P. David Soares, and the State Ethics Commission, and both have the ability to issue subpoenas and compel testimony. Mr. Soares has interviewed both men in recent weeks, but not issued subpoenas, while the Ethics Commission has taken a more aggressive approach.
The subpoenas to Mr. Dopp and Mr. Baum, seeking production of various documents and e-mail messages, were issued on Monday.
Mr. Kindlon, the lawyer for Mr. Dopp, said earlier this week that he would fight the subpoena because it was overly broad. But he said on Thursday that Mr. Dopp “feels that I am being overly cautious as a lawyer and he has directed me to refrain...”
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running out the clock and banking on blackout by MSM. Probably already know ahead of time that MSM will comply
Spitzer, Spitzer, ... where else have I heard that name lately? Hasn’t the governor of New York got Hillary’s Hsu-prints all over some campaign money, too?
Eliot (and Dems) promised change. Must have taken notes from Hillary, Ha ha!
AG Cuomo and the DA Morgenthau who will be investigating Hsu as well
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