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Spitzer Charged Campaign for Hotel Bills, Raising Questions on His Use of Funds
NY Times ^ | 7/15/08 | Denny Hakim

Posted on 07/16/2008 10:36:45 PM PDT by pissant

ALBANY — Two payments to the Mayflower Hotel in Washington were included in former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s campaign filings, which were released on Tuesday afternoon.

The two payments, $411.06 apiece, were recorded on Jan. 14, 2008, although it is unclear what nights were covered, or whether Mr. Spitzer stayed at the hotel. A person with knowledge of the evidence developed in the federal investigation of Mr. Spitzer said the former governor had two encounters with prostitutes in Washington in early 2008.

Whether Mr. Spitzer might have misused campaign money to finance dealings with prostitutes has been one of the significant unanswered questions as federal prosecutors have weighed whether to criminally charge him.

Details of a rendezvous between a “Client 9” and a prostitute at the Mayflower Hotel on Feb. 13, 2008, were included in an affidavit filed as part of a federal case against the Emperor’s Club V.I.P. prostitution ring. Mr. Spitzer was not identified by name in the filing, though a law enforcement official later identified him as Client 9. He resigned from office on March 17, days after reports of the encounters were revealed by The New York Times.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: campaignfinance; corruptdems; fraud; soitzer; spitzer; whores
Well, well, well. The dumb bastard used his campaign money for his illegal activity.
1 posted on 07/16/2008 10:36:47 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Then again, unlike Obama, at least his trysts were with females....


2 posted on 07/16/2008 10:37:30 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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Sorry, pissant! The jury is already in on Spitzer. He is guilty and this is yesterday’s news.


3 posted on 07/16/2008 10:44:54 PM PDT by Balata
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***Then again, unlike Obama, at least his trysts were with females....***

Ouch!


4 posted on 07/16/2008 11:03:04 PM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: pissant

Why have none of the other client names been released? Only Spitzer and that royal from the UK have ever been named.


5 posted on 07/16/2008 11:06:31 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: pissant

Spitzer needs to spend a few in jail.

Azzhat hypocrite.


6 posted on 07/16/2008 11:30:14 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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And his wife needs to kick him to the curb.


7 posted on 07/17/2008 12:21:53 AM PDT by xDGx
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Immediately AFTER she kicks him in the.... equipment.


8 posted on 07/17/2008 1:03:30 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: Balata

is he in prison?
who murdered the witnesses this time?


9 posted on 07/17/2008 3:07:21 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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His wife should call Jesse...He’ll tell her what to do...


10 posted on 07/17/2008 4:43:36 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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