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Feds Nail Down Case Against Spitzer

Feds are confident about the case against the former NY guv

By Elizabeth Wolff, Newser User

Posted Jun 10, 2008 12:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – The case against Eliot Spitzer is so strong that prosecutors have decided not to strike a deal with the head of the disgraced ex-governor's preferred call girl ring, the New York Post reports. Rather than making a plea agreement, the Emperors Club VIP honcho will... Read full story »

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