Legal Commentary

With "friends" like this on his defense team, no wonder Spitzer continues to be delusional

By Beldar

Today's New York Times reports that "[f]ederal prosecutors are investigating whether Gov. Eliot Spitzer used campaign funds in connection with his meetings with prostitutes, including payments for hotels or ground transportation."

The story is moderately interesting, if not surprising, insofar as it reports the basis for the feds' interest. But what I did find very surprising is the leaking about the case ? some of which seems to be coming from the feds, but at least some of which is obviously being done by the Spitzer legal team or someone on their side ? and in a bush-league way that also recklessly jeopardizes their ability to preserve attorney-client privilege for their most private conversations with their client!

Full post as published by BeldarBlog on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).