Posted on 03/10/2008 11:07:12 AM PDT by FreedomPoster
Edited on 03/10/2008 12:45:53 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a person briefed on the federal investigation.
An affidavit in the federal investigation into a prostitution ring said that a wiretap recording captured a man identified as Client 9 on a telephone call confirming plans to have a woman travel from New York to Washington, where he had reserved a hotel room. The person briefed on the case identified Mr. Spitzer as Client 9.
Mr. Spitzer today made a brief public appearance during which he apologized for his behavior, and described it as a “private matter.”
“I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and violates my or any sense of right or wrong,” said Mr. Spitzer, who appeared with his wife Silda at his Manhattan office. “I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public to whom I promised better.”
“High level sources...7 PM resignation”.....
Lawyers on their way to Albany now...
NEWSDAY: New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer was accused of threatening unspecified action against talk-radio station WABC after getting embroiled in an on-air quarrel with talk-show host Sean Hannity and author and Clinton critic Laura Ingraham. A spokesman for Spitzer denied the charge leveled by producer Eric Stanger.
The fracas began during the regular program featuring Hannity, a host with conservative leanings. Spitzer appeared via telephone as the Democratic participant in a discussion with Hannity and Ingraham, author of “The Hillary Trap: Looking for Power in All the Wrong Places.” Spitzer spokesman Scott Brown said Spitzer had been told the subject was to be Republican vice presidential candidate Richard Cheney. The debate grew heated, straying from the subject of Cheney. But as Hannity continued talking over his responses, Spitzer attacked Rep. Bob Barr as a hypocrite who had fathered an illegitimate child, apparently mistaking Barr for Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), who has admitted an extramarital affair.
Spitzer kept to that position, although Hannity gave him a chance to step back. Spitzer hung up when the show went to a commercial. But shortly afterward, according to Stanger, Spitzer called the station control room and began speaking with him. “At one point,” Stanger said, “he says to me, ‘Let me assure you, I intend to use my capacity of the office of attorney general to act on this.’” “My eyebrows went up,” Stanger said. “I said, ‘Sir, is that a threat?’” Stanger said Spitzer immediately responded, “No, no, no. What I meant is that I am going to call my friends in government to tell them to boycott the show.” Brown denied that Spitzer had threatened the station. Spitzer felt “sandbagged,” Brown said, because he expected to talk about Cheney and did not know Ingraham would be on the show. Brown also acknowledged the reference to Barr was a mistake.
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Oh I bet he took applications from prospective prostitutes! He loved the interview process.
FNC: At 7pm tonight, a notarized resignation letter from Spitzer (a.k.a. Number 9) will be submitted to the Secretary of State in Albany.
Can Spitzer cry the same "crocodile tears" as Mrs. Clinton has?
Or will he go down...
I actually checked at the national level :) Couldn't find anything. I'll have to check the NYS Board of Elections site.
Beautiful family.
What a L.O.S.E.R.
She was staring at him, and then down at the notes of his very-short speech. Not much emotion. I imagine Bill O’Reilly will have body speech analysis on tonight for one/both of them.
He can't. I bet charging him was not even an issue. They had him by the 'nads to do anything they wanted. Laundering money is probably the best thing he'll be indicted with.
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LOL. I was at the dentist and came home to hear my phone ringing off the hook. I can tell ya, this news would’ve helped keep my mind off my hour in the chair :)
I’ll trust it when I see it. Fox has been jumping the gun, as usual.
Spokes Models... you know... they say things like...
MMMPH MMGRUMPH MMMHRMPH.
There is a lot more to this than just Spitzer! IMO
HMMMMMMMMMMMM?????
Champagne tonight!
Let's hope he's not alone...
“clearly a repeat customer” — mailing money (interstate)..... there is more to learn about this for sure!!
“As described in the FBI document, Client-9 (clearly a repeat customer) apparently went to great lengths to arrange the illicit Washington encounter, choosing to mail money to the ring, instead of using a credit card. Additionally, the affidavit notes that after her appointment with Client-9 ended, “Kristen” spoke with a Emperors Club booker, who said that she had been told that Client-9 “would ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe...” “Kristen” responded by saying, essentially, that she could handle guys like that.” (6 pages)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0310082spitzer1.html
FNC: Law enforcement official tells AP that Number 9 was caught on a wire tap.
Isn’t that sweet? Spitzer screwed a hooker on Valentine’s Day.
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