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NY Governor Caught in Call Girl Sting

By Glen Ashman

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NY governor linked to prostitution ring AP - Mon Mar 10, 7:27 PM ET

NEW YORK - Gov. Eliot Spitzer's political career teetered on the brink of collapse Monday after the corruption-fighting politician once known as "Mr. Clean" was accused of paying for a four-hour romp with a high-priced call girl.

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Spitzer apologizes after report of link to prostitution ring
Newsday
Gov. Eliot Spitzer is widely expected to quit the post he has held for just over a year after being identified as a client of a prostitution ring.

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Political Exit Could Spare Spitzer of Criminal Charge
New York Sun
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN Governor Spitzer, in the wake of news that he patronized a prostitute last month, now risks criminal prosecution, legal experts say

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Prostitution Report Weakens Spitzer
New York Law Journal

Even before Monday's apology by Eliot Spitzer for engaging in conduct that he said violated his sense of "right and wrong," New York's governor faced a burgeoning fiscal emergency and an openly hostile state Senate majority. Spitzer's latest personal and political crisis, reportedly stemming from his being linked to an investigation of an alleged prostitution ring, further weakened his already shaky ability to push the government reform agenda he promised the voters who swept him into office 14 months ago.
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Full post as published by It's (Barely) Legal on March 11, 2008 (boomark / email).