Elliot Spitzer resigned as New York Governor today over a scandal involving money laundering, call-girls and prosititution.
In a startlingly swift fall from grace, Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned Wednesday after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that made a mockery of his straight-arrow image and left him facing the prospect of criminal charges and perhaps disbarment.
“I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people’s work,” Spitzer said, his weary-looking wife, Silda, standing at his side, again, as the corruption-fighting politician once known as Mr. Clean answered for his actions for the second time in three days.
He made the announcement without securing a plea bargain with federal prosecutors, though a law enforcement official said the former governor was still believed to be negotiating one. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
Spitzer will be succeeded on Monday by Lt. Gov. David Paterson, a fellow Democrat who becomes New York’s first black governor and the nation’s first legally blind chief executive.
Well, Spitzer is out and has, as of yet, cut a deal with the feds. Flap’s bet is that the Department of Justice will be in NO hurry to plead this casel with Spitzer.
Spitzer, more than likely, knew more bombs would drop in this scandal (see below) and the further disgrace while in office would do him no good in avoiding federal charges, disbarrment and jail.
So, he quits and clips coupons for the rest of his life - after he pays off the wife in the divorce action.
And, as a teaser here is one of the photos of his whore of choice, Kristen:
Photo courtesy of The Smoking Gun
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