The pimp is being held without bail.
Spitzer, the man that would, the man that could has proven that corruption and acting like he and all of them are above the Law, is not.
As top cop, CEO, CFO of a state of 18.5 million people, he is a disgrace and needs to resign now. So many had so much hope that if anyone could straighten out this state and weed out the corruption it would be him. What a disaster he has turned out to be.
To this point his ego and his arrogance has kept him from doing the right thing and resigning. From all I am hearing is he is trying to cut a deal with the Feds so if he resigns he won’t be charged with a felony. I don’t know how that is going to work out for him though. What an incredible fall from grace.
N.Y. Gov. Spitzer in sex scandal; pimp said to hold Israel passport
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, touted in the past as the first potential Jewish U.S. president, found his political career on the brink of collapse Monday after he was accused of paying for a romp with a high-priced call girl, in a prostitution ring allegedly led by a man found with an Israeli passport at his home.
The Associated Press reported that U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael H. Dolinger ordered Mark Brener, 62, of Cliffside Park, N.J., to be held without bail after the passport and $600,000 in cash were found in his apartment.
Brener’s lawyer, Jennifer Brown, said her client was a U.S. citizen who had lived in the United States for 20 years.
The scandal Monday drew immediate calls for his resignation after a news
conference in which a glassy-eyed Spitzer, his shell-shocked wife at his side, apologized to his family and the people of New York.
“I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of
myself,” said the 48-year-old father of three teenage girls. “I must now
dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family.”
He did not discuss his political future and ignored shouted questions about whether he would resign. And he gave no details of what he was apologizing for.
Spitzer, a son of Jewish Eastern-European parents, grew up in Riverdale, N.Y., and was a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law.
Spitzer was clearly examining his legal options following the break of the scandal; a spokesman said the governor had retained the Manhattan law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, one of the nation’s biggest.
Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet in a Washington
hotel room the night before Valentine’s Day with a prostitute from a call-girl business known as the Emperors Club VIP, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still going on.
The governor has not been charged, and prosecutors would not comment on the case.
But an affidavit based on the wiretap told of a man identified as Client 9 - Spitzer, according to the law enforcement official - paying $4,300 in cash, some of it credit for future trysts, some of it for sex with a petite brunette, 5-feet 5 inches (12.7 centimeters), and 105
pounds (48 kilograms), named Kristen.
The scandal came 16 months after Spitzer stormed into the governor’s office with a historic margin of victory, vowing to root out corruption in New York government in the same way that he took on Wall Street executives with a vengeance while state attorney general.
But his first year in office was marred by turmoil, and the latest scandal raised questions about whether he would make it through the week.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackSee what happens when you challange the nations top Banks? They get their buddies over at the White House to call on the FBI to end your career.
Not that paying for sex is the right thing to do, and is against the law, but seriously…to end his career? Seems a bit harsh.
This false moral outrage needs to stop every time a politician turns out not to be a saint. Bill Clinton, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, now Elliot Spitzer. Its a shame that they did what they did, but its an even bigger shame that we will lose these elected officials because we live in such a sexually repressed society where having an active sex life (Clinton/Spitzer) or being a closeted homosexual (Mark Foley/Larry Craig) is enough to ruin a life’s work.
This is not a Republican or a Democratic problem, it is a tabloid media problem. Is this really more important than a War that is costing 3 billion a week? Probably not, but it sells advertising, so this is what we are going to continue to see on the evening news and read in the morning paper.
From the most radical abortion agenda in NYS history, to granting licenses and free tuition to illegals, to using the state police to investigate Bruno to stage a personal political hit, Spitzer is as corrupt as they come. Scripture says In their sin, they will be found out. I don’t know why everybody’s so surprised. It was only a matter of time.
Right, what was i thinking…the media doesnt waste time covering non-stories (natalieholloway, the runaway bride, the missing white girl of the month, larry craig’s bathroom behavior - he’s still in office if i’m not mistaken, blue dresses, sex sex sex)
Gimme a break…if you think the MSM doesnt cover BS all day all the time, YOU have your head in the sand. Next time you watch cable news, tell me how much time is spent on this story.
I can assure there is more going on in the world that what happens in Elliot Spitzers pants.
Typical Liberal. The laws apply to everybody but me.
Prostitution is against the law, not to mention all of Gordon’s other points.
Reducing law-breaking to what happens in Elliot Spitzer’s pants, as though it’s a personal matter, sounds like a personal problem - of yours.
Torture is against the law too…but did it cause anyone to resign? No. Why? Its doesnt grab a headline like illicet sex for money does.
Lying to Congress about reasons for war…also illegal. Resignations as a result of lying to Congress? Zero.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/29959.html
But can I trust your links?
Maybe information gathered from your sleep-deprived “victims” made to stand on a box has led to your protection for the last 7 years, and to the arrest of those responsible for slamming our planes into our buildings, killing over 3000 of our innocent civilians, as well as dangling the charred and twisted bodies of Americans from Iraqi bridges. I think it’s reasonable to say the torturers are in a different league.
And Congress reviewed the same information the “liars” had and came to the same conclusions, as did about 40 other countries.
O, but I waste my breath.
Do your own research on links provided…
The information provided to Congress was based on lies, and the liars knew they were providing false information to Congress…also a crime.
If I tell you a “secret source” informed me that your neighbor was a drug dealer, then you tell 40 neighbors about your drug dealing neighbor, and I made up the whole thing, who would you blame when the cops break down his front door? You, the 40 other neighbors or me for providing you false information which you relied on?
The Mann Act, or the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910, you are right, Elliott Spitzer was promoting slavery by paying a hooker for sex. He should be locked away with the man in the iron mask.
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