Posted on 03/21/2008 5:00:22 AM PDT by Liz
The ever-widening federal probe into Eliot Spitzer's hooker hanky-panky has iced the state's investigation..........A spokesman for the state inspector general (a Spitzer appointee) confirmed that federal prosecutors asked her office to refrain from an independent investigation into how Spitzer led a double-life as a sleazy harlot-hopper. Feds are looking into how Spitzer spent campaign cash and whether he purposely arranged seemingly official out-of-state travel for trysts with prostitutes...Spitzer resigned March 12 in the wake of revelations that he was the long-standing client of an international call girl ring......
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
COMMENT 3/12/08 news reports says Spitzer forcibly sought to testify before a congressional subcommittee that had not invited him - probably to give him an excuse to be away from home and see a hooker.......When Spitzer did show up ay the committee hearing Feb. 14, the day after he'd been with "Kristen" a prostitute.
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Alabama) said the typically unflappable Spitzer "came unglued" under questioning. "Now, it all makes sense," Bachus said. "I realize that he may have been a little sleep-deprived," Bachus said with a grin in an interview.
The subcommittee had requested the NY State Insurance Superintendent's testimony (re New York's efforts to regulate bond insurance) but Spitzer requested his own invitation....according to committee aides. At the last minute, Spitzer's office alerted NY reporters he would be in Washington less than a day before the 11:30 am hearing.
This was no doubt the modus operandi the whore-fixated Spitzer used in order to finance his hooker habit with government money---by faking "official" business trips. Convenient cover story to hide his devious activities from his trusting wife and children, too.
Spitler insinuated himself into the committe hearing supposedly testifying about New York's efforts to regulate bond insurance. Now wait a sec---there's a lot of money tied up in that industry. What was Spitler's real motive? Several buddies who manage hedge funds financed his campaign. Was this another "return on investmnent" scam?
Some cynics say Attorney General Spitzer was running a protection racket and would call Spitzer an “extortionist.” He would threaten a corporation with a lawsuit.....The lawsuits would cost them millions in legal fees and damage control....so they paid up to “appease the Spitzer beast” figuring a "settlement" would make him go away.
Course every corporate payoff makes the beast stronger and his appetite bigger. He then threatens their neighbor, and then the next neighbor - until the entire block on Wall Street is paying ransom.
Spitzer learned the "protection racket" from Unions who had learned it from the Sicilian Mafia. Giuliani used the same scam………… and earned enough under the table to get himself into the Mayor's office.
While this is being reported, the NY Slimes are crying in their chardonnay how poor Eliot was unfairly investigated for his carnal ways. Which do you think will be the more widely reported story?
Thanks very much for posting, Liz. Thanks for alerting us to other motives/possibilities. Very interesting.
Seems the new N.Y. Gov. has the same bimbo problem.
Wonder if he’ll be taken down too or if this was more a let’s take Spitzer down as he has been such a pain in the rear type pf guy.
Mr. niteowl77
The Post never lacks for over the top metaphors.
Spitzer is in the clear. The feds took over.
here's where it gets really interesting.
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