Governor of NY admits involvement in prostitution ring

[Glenn]

Kwame is a poseur.

[Tahoe]

I friggin signed back on just for this story. These piece of shit prosecutor types are pieces of shit. Fuckin hypocrite cocksuckers. They set up on the throne and fuck with peeps.

These guys and child molestors need harsh punishment.

[Glenn]

N.Y. Times: New York governor linked to prostitution
Spitzer meeting with aides over report, paper reports

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Times is reporting that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has told senior advisers that he had been involved in a prostitution ring.

On its Web site, the newspaper cites an anonymous administration official as the source and says Spitzer was meeting with his top aides.

Spitzer officials wouldn't immediately comment on the story to The Associated Press. An announcement was scheduled for 2:15 p.m. at his Manhattan office.

Announcement expected shortly

Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The New York Times is reporting that Governor Eliot Spitzer has told senior advisers that he has ties to a prostitution ring.

Eyewitness News is told Spitzer will make an announcement Monday afternoon.

Spitzer officials wouldn't immediately comment on the story. Spitzer, 48, is married and has three daughters.

Details about the prostitution ring were not immediately clear, but last week federal prosecutors in Manhattan filed conspiracy charges against four people accusing them of running a prostitution ring that charged wealthy clients in Europe and the U.S. thousands of dollars for prostitutes.

The Times reported that a person with knowledge of the governor's role believes the governor is identified as a client in court papers.

The Web site of the Emperors Club VIP displays photographs of the prostitutes' bodies, with their faces hidden, along with hourly rates depending on whether the prostitutes were rated with one diamond, the lowest ranking, or seven diamonds, the highest. The most highly ranked prostitutes cost $5,500 an hour, prosecutors said.

Spitzer has built his political legacy on rooting out corruption. He made headlines battling Wall Street while serving as attorney general.

He won an historic share of the vote for governor in 2006, and took office vowing to continue his no-nonsense approach to fixing one of the nation's worst governments.

His time as governor has been marred by several problems, though, including an unpopular plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and a plot by his aides to smear Spitzer's main Republican nemesis.

In 2004, he was part of an investigation of an escort service in New York City that resulted in the arrest of 18 people on charges of promoting prostitution and related charges.

[Glenn]

Is this guy a superdelegate?

[geerussell]

Busted is what you can see!

The phrasing used in the news reports is kind of weird. They all say "is involved in" or "has ties to" which to me implies more than just a client but someone that's actually part of the organization in some way.

Then you get down to the details and it says just a client.

If that's all he did and there's no criminal coverup or obstruction of justice, etc... then I don't see where it's a hanging offense. He'll take his lumps in the court of public opinion and voters will sort it out next time he's up for election.

[MoTown]

How the hell do you even get involved in that in the first place? How do these people think there's a chance that they won't get caught?

[Glenn]

If that's all he did and there's no criminal coverup or obstruction of justice, etc... then I don't see where it's a hanging offense. He'll take his lumps in the court of public opinion and voters will sort it out next time he's up for election.

One of the NY TV stations is reporting that he will step down.

[geerussell]

How the hell do you even get involved in that in the first place? How do these people think there's a chance that they won't get caught?

It's called thinking with the little brain.

[Glenn]

This guy's story is amazing if you feel like reading up on him.

Sounds like he made his career fighting corruption.

Whoops.

[Glenn]

Spitzer's involvement in the ring was caught on a federal wiretap as part of an investigation opened in recent months, according to a law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing inquiry.

The New York Democrat, identified in legal papers as "Client 9," met last month with at least one woman in a Washington hotel, the law enforcement official said.

The prostitution ring, identified in court papers as the Emperors Club VIP, arranged connections between wealthy men and more than 50 prostitutes in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris, prosecutors said. Four people allegedly connected to the high-end ring were arrested last week.

"Client 9" has a very nice ring to it.

Movie deal?