Gov used Hookers for 6 years

[Hortical]

SPITZER HAS USED HOOKERS FOR 6 YEARS: SOURCES


By JEANE MACINTOSH and CHUCK BENNETT

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HE'S IN FOR IT: Silda Wall Spitzer, tailed by a sheepish Gov. Spitzer, returns to their house yesterday after appearing at his side during a brief news conference.




March 11, 2008 -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been soliciting high-priced hookers for at least six years and possibly for more than a decade, sources tell The Post.
The revelation yesterday that the crusading governor was in fact "Client 9" named in a federal prostitution indictment did not shock insiders in the city's sex industry.
Sources tell The Post that Spitzer had frequented high-priced hookers as far back as 2002 and possibly earlier.
MORE COVERAGE
* OPINION: NY's Naked Emperor
* His Tryst With Kristen
* Missus Sacrificed To Be Wife & Mom
* PEYSER: Steamroll This Lousy Bum, Silda
* VOTE: Should Spitzer Be Impeached?
* HO NO! Write Your Own Post Headline
Spitzer, who as attorney general lead investigations into prostitution, was among an elite group of powerbrokers and high-powered attorneys that regularly paid for dates at top escort agencies, sources said.
IRS investigators inadvertently stumbled upon Spitzer's secret life as a prostitute patron when his bank referred them to questionable wire transfers in his commercial bank account.
At the time, investigators suspected the money was going toward some kind of political purpose until they realized his payments to QAT Consulting and QAT International were actually paying for hookers from Emperors Club VIP.
Spitzer apparently also knew the mystery prostitute identified as "Kristen" in court papers very well.
He may had as many as seven previous "dates" with the $1,000 an hour girl, newsday.com reported.
Federal investigators listened on phone calls between Spitzer and Emperors Club managers and call between the managers and "Kristen" before and after a Feb 13 date in Washington D.C.

[Scaly Spurs]

The DOW was 416 points today U think Spitzer had anything

it

It's just very coincidental.

I know Wall Street rallied briefly yesterday when the news broke but man what a combination of events.

Todays rally was mainly because of the 200 billion being pumped into the banking system by the feds.

For those who don't know Spitzer was the enemy of Wall Street, he fined the big firms record amounts for irregularities.

Funny structuring brought him down.

[Assasin]

Regardless what happen to him, he saved investors a lot of money at the expense of crooks on Wall Street.

[MdmeX]

Not so sure, he was over-zealous & arrogant. If you ask me, he is a big HYPOCRITE, destroying the reputation of folks.

I votged for the man, but have no empathy for him. Throw his arse in the doghouse with those he put there.

He has been peddling prostitutes for at least 10 years, during the time he was AG and doing his witch hunt.

[Assasin]

Yeah he had big ego but some a the things they were doing with people money on Wall Street needed to come to light.

Who's rep did he drag throught the mud? All a the companies involved were guilty and should have known better. Yes some a the respectable man them got caught but a nuh like they were not playing with people money.

Him fi pay his penalty but too many people retire and are at the hands of tiefing brokers who do what they weren't authorise to do.

[Scaly Spurs]

Not so sure, he was over-zealous & arrogant. If you ask me, he is a big HYPOCRITE, destroying the reputation of folks.

I votged for the man, but have no empathy for him. Throw his arse in the doghouse with those he put there.

He has been peddling prostitutes for at least 10 years, during the time he was AG and doing his witch hunt.

You see this is what I like about America, here you have a governor elected by a record landslide of votes who was the most powerefull attorney general in the country and he could go to jail like ever other common criminal. I just love it.

[MdmeX]

Scaly - yuh nuh see him trying to work out the terms of his resignation, trying to avoid jail time. ...and the TV news (this morning) said that his wife did not want him to resign. She power hungry too.

He should have resigned and then had his press conference. My friend's child works in the Gov.'s office and nuff of the staff think he's too abrasive.

Him need to resign fortwith - piece of $********************!

[Karl]

That the known records show!

[Karl]

Not so sure, he was over-zealous & arrogant. If you ask me, he is a big HYPOCRITE, destroying the reputation of folks.

I votged for the man, but have no empathy for him. Throw his arse in the doghouse with those he put there.

He has been peddling prostitutes for at least 10 years, during the time he was AG and doing his witch hunt.

Sex has a powerful draw!

HYPOCRITE?
...or just an emotional wreck...as are so many pastors?!

...fighting against what they perceive as 'the wrong'...while wallowing in that same 'wrong'?! Always suspected the pastors came with 'brimstone and fire' on Sunday mornings after a week during which 'the devil had them as playthings'!!!!

[Hortical]

Spitzer didn’t want to wear a condom.



SPITZER HAS USED HOOKERS FOR 10 YEARS: SOURCES By FRED DICKER in Albany and JEANE MACINTOSH and CHUCK BENNETT

Disgraced Gov. Spitzer dropped up to $80,000 on sex with prostitutes, sources revealed.


Spitzer, a millionaire, was hopping into bed with harlots for as long as 10 years and traveled as far as Florida for call-girl trysts, sources said.
The prostitute-patronizing former prosecutor spent today huddled with top aides and lawyers in his Fifth Avenue apartment - trying to arrange a plea deal under which he'd resign his office but avoid prison time - as he desperately clung to power despite growing cries for his departure, even among fellow Democrats.


One top aide said Spitzer likely would resign Wednesday.
But the governor gave no indication as to what he'll do next - even as Republicans in the state Legislature threatened to begin impeachment proceedings within the next 24 hours.
And despite the firestorm, some of Spitzer's aides were whispering that the embattled governor could try to finish out the remaining three years of his term.


"If the public is fine, he’ll stay," said a prominent Democrat.
Political leaders and average New Yorkers continued to express shock at the bombshell revelation that Spitzer was the "Client" caught on a federal wiretap arranging for a high-priced call girl to be sent from New York to his Washington hotel.


MORE COVERAGE
* OPINION: NY's Naked Emperor
* His Tryst With Kristen
* Missus Sacrificed To Be Wife Mom
* PEYSER: Steamroll This Lousy Bum, Silda
* VOTE: Should Spitzer Be Impeached?
* HO NO! Write Your Own Post Headline

Also today: •22-year-old call girl told ABC News that Spitzer paid her for sex two years ago when he was still attorney general - and he tipped big.
•Law enforcement officials confirmed to The Post that Spitzer didn’t want to wear a condom.
•Shocking details emerged as to how a nervous Spitzer accidentally tipped off the Internal Revenue Service by trying to hide his payments to the escort agency.
•The governor had planned to resign Monday at 7 p.m., but lawyers talked him out of it.


Spitzer, who as attorney general led investigations into prostitution, was among an elite group of power brokers and top attorneys who regularly paid for dates at pricey escort agencies, sex industry sources said.
More recently, however, Spitzer had been dealing with an international sex ring, Emperors Club VIP, that was recently broken up by the feds.
Reports said Spitzer had at least seven or eight encounters with girls from the Cliffside Park, NJ-based escort service during the past year all over the country.


Spitzer had steamy rendezvous with girls in New York, DC and Florida - plunking down thousands of dollars each time.
His horny habits came out of the closet when agents with the IRS noticed unusual financial transactions between Spitzer and several shell companies that fronted for the ring.
Spitzer aroused suspicion when he tried to divide up a large financial transaction of over $10,000 into smaller amounts to avoid federal reporting requirements.


The governor then tried to have his name removed from the smaller wire transfers but his bank refused - and alerted authorities that something fishy was going on.
As the investigation advanced, Spitzer was eventually caught on a wiretap ordering a brunette named "Kristen" to his room at the Mayflower Hotel on Feb. 13, the night before he testified before a congressional committee.
Some defiant Democrats began floating the idea that Spitzer could survive the scandal.


An insider in Spitzer’s office described the governor’s top aides as "divided" over whether he should quit.
A top adviser, Lloyd Constantine, and Spitzer’s wife, Silda, urged the governor to hold on to power.
A source quoted Constantine as saying, "I think the governor can survive."
Spitzer’s chief of staff, Richard Baum, and other senior aides counseled him to resign - contending the scandal was just too great ride out, sources said.


Two law enforcement officials said that "safety" worries expressed by one of the bookers about Client 9 was Spitzer’s preference not to wear a condom during his $4,300 night with the prostitute.
But the hooker, Kristen, apparently insisted on one and he submitted to her request, according to court papers.
A 22-year-old prostitute went on ABC today and said Spitzer contacted her from the state attorney general’s satellite office in Brooklyn to arrange a "date" in which he paid her for sex.


The unidentified woman said he did nothing unsafe and tipped well.
In Albany, Lt. Gov. David Paterson told reporters today that he hadn’t heard from Spitzer since Monday.
"The governor called me .ñ.ñ. he said he didn’t resign for a number of reasons, and he didn’t go into the reasons, and that’s the last I’ve heard from him,quot; Paterson said.
"No one has talked to me about his resignation and no one has talked to me about a transition."
Calls grew for Spitzer to quit immediately.


"If he does not resign within the next 24 to 48 hours, we will prepare articles of impeachment to remove him," said Assembly Republican Minority Leader James Tedisco, whom Spitzer once threatened to "destroy" when he compared himself to a quot;f-ñ-ñ-ing steamroller."
Democrats also starting jumping from the sinking Spitzer ship.
"If the facts are as we suspect, it’s very hard to imagine him staying in office," said Robert Zimmerman, an influential member of the Democratic National Committee and fund-raiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Former Mayor Ed Koch said publicly what many have been thinking privately.


"I think there’s a screw loose," Koch told CNN.
"I believe that his behavior, beginning with his becoming governor, has been irrational. And what he did is to indicate that he doesn’t play by the regular rules, that regular rules don’t apply," Koch added.
Mayor Bloomberg, for his part, wouldn’t divulge where he stood.
"I did talk to Gov. Spitzer this morning and I told him my thoughts were with him and wished him all the best and said if he ever wanted to talk and wanted my advice I’d be happy to give it to him. But any conversations I would have with the governor are just between the governor and me," he said.


Clinton, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Charlie Rangel, all Democrats, avoided commenting on the case.
New details also surfaced today about the call girl operation.
Mark Brener, the 62-year-old indicted alleged mastermind of Emperors Club, was certified by the IRS to represent taxpayers in disputes, and assured his customers that he’d never get caught because he always paid his taxes.


Brener, who worked for the Israeli national tax collection agency, probably didn’t know that Spitzer was his customer, sources said.
Additional reporting by Murray Weiss, Dan Mangan, Kenneth Lovett, Sandra Hurley, Gemma Jones and Sandra Hurley and Post Wire Services

[MdmeX]

Karl - you can put it nicely, but IMO the man was a HYPOCRITE. Him think his power was above the law, nuh so

[Karl]

Karl - you can put it nicely, but IMO the man was a HYPOCRITE. Him think his power was above the law, nuh so

That he is!

[Muadib]

A woman that charges $4000 for sex is not a prostitute.

That is an extortionist... or contortionist..

[MdmeX]

A woman that charges $4000 for sex is not a prostitute.

That is an extortionist... or contortionist..

Haha - and that extortionist may just be affiliated with a terrorist

[Muadib]

There is a law against paying $4,000 dollars for nookie ?

What law dat ? Anti-Extortion law ??