Corrupt Bush Justice Dept Goes after Eliot Spitzer

Ah-hah! It was the "someone" at the BANK who alerted the IRS as to "suspicious" transactions.

"Someone " at the bank...Wall Street? Pretty obvious to me.

Roxxxanne wrote:

Ah-hah! It was the "someone" at the BANK who alerted the IRS as to "suspicious" transactions.

"Someone " at the bank...Wall Street? Pretty obvious to me.

That is because you are a simpleton.

"NEW YORK (AP) - A law enforcement official says New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's role in a prostitution scandal grew out of a public corruption inquiry triggered by his movement of cash to bank accounts operated by the call-girl ring.

The law enforcement source spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because of the sensitivity of the investigation.

The official says Spitzer was the initial target of the investigation and was tracked using court-ordered wiretaps, but possible charges against Spitzer have not been decided. "

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VB7N800&show_article=1

Roxxxanne wrote:

H2O_MAN wrote:

Spitzer is part of the Democratic culture of corruption.

I don't feel any sympathy for him - he knew what he was doing.

LOL the DEMOCRATIC culture of corruption? What planet are you living on?

I live on the planet with a DEMOCRATIC culture of corruption on it same as you.

If you can find a conviction or even a prosecution that concerns hiring an escort who was lavishly com0pensated for her services, please post a link and I will stand corrected. Good luck!

The first person prosecuted under the act was heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, who had an affair with a prostitute named Lucille Cameron. Johnson married Cameron so that she couldn't be made to testify against him. Belle Schreiber, a prostitute that had at some point left a brothel and traveled with him to another state, was the next in line to testify against Johnson. He was eventually prosecuted and sentenced to the maximum penalty of a year and a day in prison.

Pioneering sociologist William I. Thomas's academic career at the University of Chicago was irreversibly damaged after he was arrested under the act when caught in the company of one Mrs Granger, the wife of an army officer with the American forces in France, although he was later acquitted in court.

British film actor Charles Chaplin was prosecuted in 1944 by Federal authorities for Mann Act charges related to his involvement with actress Joan Barry. Chaplin was acquitted of the charges, but the trial permanently damaged his public image in the US, and contributed to his departure for Switzerland in the early 1950s.

Canadian author Elizabeth Smart describes being arrested under the Mann Act in 1940 when crossing a state border with her lover, the British poet George Barker, in her (partly fictionalised) book By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. She memorably intertwines the callous police interrogation aimed at arresting her under this law with quotations about love from the Song of Songs.

In the late 1950s, Kid Cann, a notorious organized crime figure from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was prosecuted and convicted under the Mann Act after transporting a prostitute from Chicago to Minnesota. Although his conviction was later overturned on appeal, Kid Cann was later prosecuted and convicted of offering a $25,000 bribe to a juror at his trial under the Mann Act.

Wow, this has got to be the most idiotic thread yet. And I'm including all of mine in that, so that is saying ALOT.

Roxxxanne,
You shot yourself in the foot!

You said...

If you can find a conviction or even a prosecution that concerns hiring an escort who was lavishly com0pensated for her services, please post a link and I will stand corrected. Good luck!

Then you immediately follow that up with a whole list of prosecutions and/or convictions that fit your description...

Quote:

The first person prosecuted under the act was heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, who had an affair with a prostitute named Lucille Cameron. Johnson married Cameron so that she couldn't be made to testify against him. Belle Schreiber, a prostitute that had at some point left a brothel and traveled with him to another state, was the next in line to testify against Johnson. He was eventually prosecuted and sentenced to the maximum penalty of a year and a day in prison.

Pioneering sociologist William I. Thomas's academic career at the University of Chicago was irreversibly damaged after he was arrested under the act when caught in the company of one Mrs Granger, the wife of an army officer with the American forces in France, although he was later acquitted in court.

British film actor Charles Chaplin was prosecuted in 1944 by Federal authorities for Mann Act charges related to his involvement with actress Joan Barry. Chaplin was acquitted of the charges, but the trial permanently damaged his public image in the US, and contributed to his departure for Switzerland in the early 1950s.

Canadian author Elizabeth Smart describes being arrested under the Mann Act in 1940 when crossing a state border with her lover, the British poet George Barker, in her (partly fictionalised) book By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. She memorably intertwines the callous police interrogation aimed at arresting her under this law with quotations about love from the Song of Songs.

In the late 1950s, Kid Cann, a notorious organized crime figure from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was prosecuted and convicted under the Mann Act after transporting a prostitute from Chicago to Minnesota. Although his conviction was later overturned on appeal, Kid Cann was later prosecuted and convicted of offering a $25,000 bribe to a juror at his trial under the Mann Act.

BTW, you aint right!!
Your joke was priceless, and I needed the laugh.

Define "lavishly paid".
I'm sure that at the time, a hooker that charged $10 was considered to be "lavishly paid".

So, its all relative, and it also depends on the times you are comparing, doesnt it?

Define "lavishly paid".
I'm sure that at the time, a hooker that charged $10 was considered to be "lavishly paid".

So, its all relative, and it also depends on the times you are comparing, doesnt it?

BTW you told the board that Spitzer was resigning as "I type this." That was yesterday, what happened. You obviously have a problem discerning reality.

By staff writers

March 12, 2008 04:31pm

NEW York's Governor spent up to $US80,000 ($85,000) on prostitutes who he asked to not wear a condom, it has been reported, as sordid details emerged in the sex scandal that threatens to hound him from office.

Eliot Spitzer became embroiled in the scandal on Tuesday when it was reported that he was linked to a US probe into a prostitution ring.

Mr Spitzer was caught on a listening device spending more than $4000 at the Emperor's Club call girl service.

Anonymous officials involved with the case have now been reported by the Associated Press as saying that Mr Spitzer had spent as much as $US80,000 with the service.

It is not clear over what time period that would have been, but the $4000 was reported to have paid for one night with a prostitute named Kristen with credit left over for future sessions.

That suggests Mr Spitzer made at least a couple of dozen visits to the prostitution service.

On the night of the visit with Kristen, Mr Spitzer booked two hotel rooms - one for him and one for her. He then slipped away from his security agents and met her in her room.

Court documents quoted a conversation between Kristen and an Emperor's Club employee about Client 9 - Mr Spitzer, officials have said.

"(He) would ask you to do things that ... you might not think were safe," the employee said.

"I have a way of dealing with that. ... I'd be, like, listen, dude, you really want the sex?" Kristen replied.

An official said that conversation to Mr Spitzer's request that prostitutes agree to unsafe sex and Kristen's refusal to do so.

When the scandal broke, Mr Spitzer appeared at a press conference with his wife to apologise for his actions. There were immediate calls for his resignation, but he has remained in office and been silent on his future since the appearance.

It has since been speculated that he might delay a resignation to use it as a bargaining chip with prosecutors. Or he may try to ride out the scandal and then continue in the job, albeit suitably chastened.

But his political opponents smell blood and are planning impeachment proceedings if he refuses to step aside.

And opponents on Wall Street have said Mr Spitzer's predicament is "too good to be true". "If he had any shame, he would've already resigned," one said.