NPR: Source: Spitzer Was Initial Target of Investigation

Source: Spitzer Was Initial Target of Investigation

A law enforcement official told The Associated Press Tuesday that the prostitution case involving New York Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer grew out of "a public corruption inquiry triggered by Spitzer's movement of cash to bank accounts operated by the call-girl ring."

"Speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation, the official said that Spitzer was the initial target of the investigation, and that he was tracked using court-ordered wiretaps."

Spitzer was allegedly caught on a federal wiretap "arranging to meet in a Washington hotel room the night before Valentine's Day with a prostitute from a call-girl business known as the Emperor's Club V.I.P."

The New York Daily News reports that Spitzer used the name of friend and political donor George Fox when he signed into the Marriott Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in D.C.

NPR reports that Spitzer has hired the Manhattan law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, one of the largest in the nation.

10:30 AM ET | 03-11-2008 | permalink

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Every time something like this happens -we see the wife, the victim, standing on the podium next to or behind her husband, subject to the same humiliation as he is. Why should the victim be made to suffer the same humiliation as her husband? Just once I'd like to see the husband protect his wife and have the guts to stand up there alone.

Sent by deborah goldberg | 11:05 AM ET | 03-11-2008

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