Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who has spent much of the day considering his options following allegations that he was linked to a high-priced prostitution ring, will not resign his office on Tuesday, according to a person involved in discussions with the governor.
The governor remained in his Fifth Avenue apartment in Manhattan a day after law enforcement officials said he was a client of the prostitution ring, which was broken up last week by federal authorities. Things remained uncertain regarding the governor’s future throughout the day. Mr. Spitzer, 48, a first-term Democrat, was said by aides to be considering resigning, but no official announcement had been made Tuesday afternoon.
Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson, who would serve out Mr. Spitzer’s term in the event of a resignation, also said he had not heard from the governor on Tuesday.
“The governor called me yesterday, 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,” he said.
Read it all; it now appears likely he will resign as early as tomorrow.
Plea bargaining stinks. If he’s accused of breaking the law, let him have his days in court, as he insisted for others. Plea bargaining corrupts the course of justice.
An interesting episode in Spitzer’s career is recounted here:
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Spitzer subpoened thousands of crisis pregnancy centers in New York, claiming that their phone book listings under “abortion alternatives” was false advertising. The centers were able to get the subpoenas quashed, and emerged from the battle stronger, more unified, and with greater support.
May the Lord now use Spitzer’s downfall to once again bring good out of evil, and bring him to faith and repentance.
As an attorney who has taken high-profile scalps, he knows he’s the one going down now, and is using the few bargaining chips available. The prostitution-ring involvement is the “sexy” issue (no pun intended) but the possible charges with teeth are more prosaic: money laundering, wire fraud. And he made a huge mistake (beyond the grave moral offense) by doing this across state lines – reportedly bringing a prostitute from NYC to DC. A classic case of living by the sword….
Re: #2, Spitzer is Jewish so repentance leading to faith, I’m not sure that is within his frame of reference.
#4–There was a time when it wasn’t in St. Paul’s frame of reference either. 🙂
Oh yeah! We are open to the possibility!
The voters of the state of New York elected Mrs. Clinton. I doubt (1) the governor will resign until after he is convicted of a felony and required to, and (2) that the Democrats in the NY Assembly will consent to his impeachment and removal from office. We get what government in the state and church that we deserve.
Well, #7, ABC is reporting that he has his resignation letter written. So we’ll see.
#4, yes, but his wife is Baptist…….