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NEW YORK - A law enforcement official has told The Associated Press that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's involvement in a prostitution ring was caught on a federal wiretap.
The official says Spitzer is identified in court papers as "Client 9," and the wiretap was part of an investigation that opened in the last few months.
The official says the New York governor met last month with at least one woman in a Washington hotel. The law enforcement official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Eliot Spitzer, accused in news reports of being involved in a prostitution ring, apologized to his family and the public on Monday at a hastily called news conference. He did not elaborate on the story.
With his wife at his side, Spitzer told reporters that he "acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family."
"I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself," he said. "I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family."
The New York Times reported earlier in the day that Spitzer told senior administration officials that he was linked to a prostitiution ring. The report cited an anonymous administration official. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/...r_prostitution
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I wondered how long it would be before this holier than thou Dim Governor got caught with his pants down. Didn;t think he would be dumb enough to get caught with hookers, but you never know.
Well if your going to solicit or get caught at least it was with the opposite sex, oh sorry Mr Craig.
Oh, you mean like Gerry Studds? With a MINOR, no less. He didn't step down either.
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Studds was a central figure in the [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. , when he and Representative [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. were censured by the House of Representatives for separate sexual relationships with [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. — in Studds' case, a 1973 sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. who was of the age of legal consent. The relationship was consensual (which made it legal, in accordance with state law) but presented ethical concerns relating to working relationships with subordinates.
During the course of the House Ethics Committee's investigation, Studds publicly acknowledged his [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. , a disclosure that, according to a [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. article, "apparently was not news to many of his constituents." Studds stated in an address to the House, "It is not a simple task for any of us to meet adequately the obligations of either public or private life, let alone both, but these challenges are made substantially more complex when one is, as I am, both an elected public official and gay." He acknowledged that it had been inappropriate to engage in a relationship with a subordinate, and said his actions represented "a very serious error in judgment."[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link.
The House voted to [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. Studds, on [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. , [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. , by a vote of 420-3. While Studds has often been reported as having "turned his back on the House" as the House read its censure motion aloud,[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. contemporary reports made it clear that in contrast to Crane, who faced the House as the motion for his censure was read, Studds faced the Speaker who was actually reading the motion, with his back to the other members.[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. Also in contrast to Crane, who left the chamber after his censure, Studds rejoined the other members of the House after his censure was read.[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. In addition to the censure, the Democratic leadership stripped Studds of his chairmanship of the House Merchant Marine Subcommittee. Studds was later appointed chair of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Studds received two standing ovations from supporters in his home district at his first town meeting following his congressional censure.[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link.
Studds defended his sexual relationship with the minor as a "consensual relationship with a young adult." Dean Hara, whom Studds married in 2004, said after Studds' death in 2006 that Studds had never been ashamed of the relationship with the page. "This young man knew what he was doing," Hara said.[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. Numerous media outlets have repeated an [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. story that the page appeared publicly at a press conference with Studds in support of him,[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. but the stories universally fail to specify the press conference's date or give the page's name. No such press conference appears to have actually taken place. Although Studds said he disagreed with the Committee's findings of improper sexual conduct, he waived his right to public hearings on the allegations in order to protect the privacy of those involved:
"...I have foremost in my mind the need to protect, to the extent it is still possible given the committee's action, the privacy of other individuals affected by these allegations," said Studds. "Those individuals have a right to personal privacy that would be inevitably and irremediably shattered if I were to insist on public hearings...." Studds said that deciding not to have a hearing "presented me with the most difficult choice I have had to make in my life."[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. and the page's name has apparently never been disclosed.
Studds was re-elected to the House six more times after the 1983 censure.
He admitted to the charge and issued profuse, tearful apologies. He was defeated for re-election in 1984 and returned to dentistry. But never stepped down.
He admitted to the charge and issued profuse, tearful apologies. He was defeated for re-election in 1984 and returned to dentistry. But never stepped down.
Who, Studds???
Nope he was re-elected 6 more times since his 1983 censure. Retired in 1997 and died in 2006.
In addition: Studds
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reported as having "turned his back on the House" as the House read its censure motion aloud, contemporary reports made it clear that in contrast to Crane, who faced the House as the motion for his censure was read, Studds faced the Speaker who was actually reading the motion, with his back to the other members
Never said they did, however it is intellectually dishonest to think that same-sex mis-behavior is strictly a "Republican" issue and only use one party (and not the other) as "good" examples.
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03.10.2008
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