nylisa
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Re: Report: Gov. Spitzer expected to resign...
Sources: Spitzer Not Expected To Continue Term
Governor Could Resign, Swear In Lt. Gov. David Paterson Tonight
NEW YORK (CBS) ? Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been linked to a prostitution ring, the New York Times is reporting on its Web site. He is not expected to continue his term and could swear in Lt. Gov. David Paterson tonight, multiple sources in the state Legislature tell CBS 2.
The news sets off one of the largest scandals in modern New York state political history.
During a news conference Monday afternoon, Spitzer apologized to his family and public, but did not go as far as to explain why. "I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family," he said in a brief statement alongside his wife, Silda Wall Spitzer.
Spitzer may resign and swear in Paterson at 7 p.m. tonight, reliable sources tell CBS 2's Political Reporter Marcia Kramer.
Spitzer, 48, is married with three daughters.
Just last week, U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia announced that charges were unsealed in Manhattan accusing four people of participating in a prostitution ring that called itself Emperors Club VIP.
It was not yet confirmed that this was the ring Spitzer was linked to.
The Web site of the Emperors Club VIP displays photographs of the prostitutes' bodies, with their faces hidden, along with hourly rates depending on whether the prostitutes were rated with one diamond, the lowest ranking, or seven diamonds, the highest. The most highly ranked prostitutes cost $5,500 an hour, prosecutors said.
Spitzer has built his political legacy on rooting out corruption, including several headline-making battles with Wall Street while serving as attorney general. He stormed into the governor's office in 2006 with a historic share of the vote, vowing to continue his no-nonsense approach to fixing one of the nation's worst governments.
Time magazine had named him "Crusader of the Year" when he was attorney general and the tabloids proclaimed him "Eliot Ness."
But his stint as governor has been marred by several problems, including an unpopular plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and a plot by his aides to smear Spitzer's main Republican nemesis.
Spitzer had been expected to testify to the state Public Integrity Commission he had created to answer for his role in the scandal, in which his aides are accused of misusing state police to compile travel records to embarrass Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno.
Spitzer had served two terms as attorney general where he pursued criminal and civil cases and cracked down on misconduct and conflicts of interests on Wall Street and in corporate America. He had previously been a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, handling organized crime and white-collar crime cases.
His cases as state attorney general included a few criminal prosecutions of prostitution rings and into tourism involving prostitutes.
In 2004, he was part of an investigation of an escort service in New York City that resulted in the arrest of 18 people on charges of promoting prostitution and related charges
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Ginger123
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Re: Report: Gov. Spitzer expected to resign...
BN) Spitzer Apologizes to Public for Conduct;*SPITZER TOLD AIDES OF LINK TO PROSTITUTION RING, DOW SAYS
(DJN) *DJ Spitzer Plans To Resign As New York Governor - NYC
*SPITZER INDICTED BY FEDERAL COURT IN NY, FOX NEWS SAYS
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My2Boys
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Re: Report: Gov. Spitzer expected to resign...
Posted by Ginger123
BN) Spitzer Apologizes to Public for Conduct;*SPITZER TOLD AIDES OF LINK TO PROSTITUTION RING, DOW SAYS
(DJN) *DJ Spitzer Plans To Resign As New York Governor - NYC
*SPITZER INDICTED BY FEDERAL COURT IN NY, FOX NEWS SAYS
What an azz he is. I swear, what the he!! is it with politicians and their penises? 
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