Spitzer Spent $80 Grand on Hookers - Update: Resigning Tomorrow?
Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:06:41 pm PDT
Latest word on the Eliot Spitzer Apocalypse: the “progressive” Democrat spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $80,000 to get his ashes hauled.
ALBANY, N.Y. - With pressure mounting on Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign over a call-girl scandal, investigators said Tuesday he was clearly a repeat customer who spent tens of thousands of dollars — perhaps as much as $80,000 — with the high-priced prostitution service over an extended period of time.
Oh, and that bit about Spitzer wanting things that “weren’t safe?”
A law enforcement official said Tuesday the discussion had to do with Spitzer’s preference not to wear a condom and the call-girl’s insistence that he use one.
Oh well. I guess Stinky Beaumont was wrong; he told me it had something to do with a wet suit, chaps, and a pair of Mickey Mouse ears.
UPDATE at 3/11/08 5:24:07 pm:
WCBS in New York says Spitzer is going to pull out tomorrow (no pun intended): Sources: Spitzer Resignation Expected Wednesday.
NEW YORK (CBS) — Gov. Eliot Spitzer is set to resign Wednesday, sources tell CBS 2 HD political reporter Marcia Kramer, but insiders say he’s going to use the resignation as a bargaining chip to cut a deal with federal prosecutors and he won’t step down until that happens. The talks have been going on since Tuesday morning.
The governor’s fate rests in the hands of two people: U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia and Michele Hirshman, the head of his legal defense team. The deal they cut will determine Spitzer’s future.
Criminal law experts say Spitzer will definitely have to resign the governorship and that what’s involved in the deal is key. So what’s the best that could happen to him?
“No charges, absolute resignation, and contrition. I think the worst that could happen is a felony plea on one of a number of charges that they could lodge against him,” said noted criminal attorney Ronald Fischetti, who has often had to negotiate with feds on behalf of clients.
Still, Fischetti said Spitzer stands no hope of ever regaining political respect again.
“I think his career politically is at an end,” he said.
Ya think? (Hat tip: JammieWearingFool.)
