Posted on 12/04/2007 9:47:37 PM PST by neverdem
Governor Spitzer's former communications director, Darren Dopp, has claimed in testimony that two senior aides to the governor sought to protect the administration in the Troopergate matter by pressuring him not to speak to investigators for Attorney General Cuomo, a source familiar with the proceedings said.
Mr. Dopp told the Commission on Public Integrity, which is conducting an ethics probe of the governor's office, that he informed the two aides that he felt it was important for him to talk to Mr. Cuomo's office to clear up what he believed were misperceptions about his role in the controversy, the source said.
On July 22, the aides, Peter Pope and Sean Maloney, urged him instead to sign a two-paragraph sworn statement denying any criminal wrongdoing but recognizing that he made misjudgments.
Details of the circumstances behind Mr. Dopp's decision not to speak to Mr. Cuomo's office — which conducted the initial probe of allegations that Mr. Spitzer's office sought to discredit the Senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno, by using state police to collect records about his travels — have emerged as he faces possible charges of perjury related to the statement he signed.
The perjury probe stems from conversations Mr. Dopp had with integrity commission investigators in which he insisted that he did nothing improper, seemingly contradicting a sentence...
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In discussions with investigators for Mr. Soares and the integrity commission, Mr. Dopp claimed the Spitzer aides, who were deputized as special counsels during the investigation, warned him that Mr. Cuomo could not be trusted and that the attorney general aimed to charge several administration officials with criminal misconduct unless he cooperated, the source said.
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Mr. Dopp told an Albany County investigator that Mr. Pope described Mr. Cuomo as "an animal" who would not listen to reason, the source said...
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Really. Anyone who thinks Andrew Cuomo, D-NY is going to conduct an honest and thorough investigation of Elliot Spitzer, D-NY, needs a cranial exam stat, to see if a brain is present, in their head. Spitzer is dirtier than most of the criminals he prosecuited, by any measure anyone cares to choose.
I thought this was the “free speech” crowd.
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Thank you again, NY state, for electing governor Spitzer...
I didn’t vote for the jerk.
It is in Cuomo’s interest to get the goods on Spitzer so he has a clear shot for governor in 2010? Or is it? Perhaps Hillary has a promised a plum appointment if Cuomo “plays ball” and whitewashes this mess.
Nope it'll never happen and the partisan whitewash will continue. That's why the GOP Senate has no choice but to carry on their own investigation no matter how much the liberal newspapers complain about it.
That’s a relief. However, stellar performers like Spitzer epitomize the Dhimmicratic party, and this won’t be lost on voters next year.
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