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NEWS ABOUT: Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Spitzer stories: 138 news summaries

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 Spitzer Walks 
 Long Road 
 to Redemption 

Ex-guv working on normal life; his future is unclear

Apr 19, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - As he returns to the public eye, Eliot Spitzer is working on being a normal person—a daunting task for a man long accustomed to power, Jonathan Darman writes in a Newsweek cover story. He’s grown less image-conscious, often spotted jogging around New York in sweatpants. And he makes... More »

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New York • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • governor • political scandal • interview

analysis

Spitzer Executes a Textbook Comeback

He's made all the right moves—with an assist  from the financial crisis

Apr 17, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six months ago—to say nothing of a year—predicting an Eliot Spitzer comeback would’ve been laughable. But the financial crisis has speeded up rehab for the disgraced former governor, giving him a chance to use his expertise as “the Sheriff of Wall Street,” writes Politico. Apologizing... More »

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sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • comeback • New York state • Slate



 Paterson 
 to Push for 
 Gay Marriage 

But bill's passage through the NY legislature is not certain

Apr 14, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. David Paterson plans to introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, the New York Times reports, doing so without the customary cultivation of legislative support in the wake of laws legalizing gay unions in Iowa and Vermont. Sources close to the governor say he feels New York should plow... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Eliot Spitzer • David Paterson • culture wars • state assembly

(Newser) - Is Client No. 9 getting back into politics? Eliot Spitzer is considering a 2010 bid for his old job as New York’s attorney general, sources tell the New York Post—assuming Andrew Cuomo vacates the post to run for governor. “My record as governor was disappointing,”... More »

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New York • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • Andrew Cuomo • governor • New York Attorney General

 Spitzer: 'What I 
 Did Was Egregious' 

Former guv has tried to address his 'gremlins'

Apr 6, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer opened up about his “egregious” call-girl dalliance and subsequent resignation on NBC's Today this morning. Spitzer, who also discussed his re-emergence as a Slate columnist, claimed that he didn’t hire prostitutes frequently—“not long in the grand context of my life”... More »

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Matt Lauer • Eliot Spitzer • Today show • Silda Wall Spitzer • call girl • prostitution scandal • Slate

OPINION

DC Still Turns Blind Eye to Banks: Spitzer

Regulators attempt
to save face after failing to prevent crisis

Apr 1, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a reason the government seems to have no control—darn the luck—over the banks it’s poured billions into: It’s trying to save face, writes Eliot Spitzer for Slate. Washington has struck a tacit bargain with Wall Street, the ex-governor says: Taxpayers bail out the financial... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • financial sector • bank regulation • deregulation • Troubled Asset Relief Program • financial crisis • TARP • regulator

Spitzer Returns to Blast AIG

Disgraced ex-guv admits his mistakes
on CNN, but slams insurer's payments

Mar 22, 09 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A humbled Eliot Spitzer re-entered the limelight last week with an interview on CNN, admitting that he "failed in a very important way." But the former New York governor, ousted by a prostitution scandal last year, also took aim at AIG, calling it "at the center... More »

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Barack Obama • Eliot Spitzer • AIG • comeback • prostitution scandal • economic crisis

Spitzer Madam: I Supplied A-Rod With Hookers

Slugger was 'hot as hell,' says ex-madam

Mar 22, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Madonna. The former madam who helped keep disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer happy also supplied hookers to Yankees slugger and sometime Madonna boyfriend Alex Rodriguez, she tells the New York Daily News. She even dated A-Rod herself, and found him "hot as hell," says Kristin Davis.... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Eliot Spitzer • Kristin Davis • Madonna • prostitute • hooker • madams

OPINION

 Welcome Back, Loudmouth 

Journal responds to Spitzer's sniping

Mar 19, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taking potshots from Eliot Spitzer yesterday felt just like old times to the Wall Street Journal editorial board. "The Journal editorial page has been wrong on just about every issue out there," Spitzer told interviewer Brian Lehrer after being reminded of the paper's criticism of his efforts... More »

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Wall Street Journal • Eliot Spitzer • AIG • bonuses

OPINION

Spitzer: AIG Bailout an 'Inside Job'

Scandal isn't bonuses, it's payments to influential debtors

Mar 17, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is mad about AIG, and not because it’s giving out bonuses. No, the real scandal, he writes for Slate, is the tens of billions of taxpayer dollars going to pay back AIG’s counterparties. The decision to bail out AIG was made by Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner,... More »

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Goldman Sachs • Henry Paulson • Eliot Spitzer • AIG • Lloyd Blankfein • bailout • Timothy Geithner

 A Year Later, 
 Spitzer Hooker 
 'Proud' of Herself 

Dupre discusses 'mistakes' in blog

Mar 12, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wondering how Ashley Dupre is doing, one year after Eliot Spitzer’s downfall? She'll tell you herself, in lengthy detail, through her blog on Global Grind, the New York Daily News reports. Though she’s “made more mistakes than most people make in a lifetime,” the 23-year-old is... More »

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sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • blog • autobiography • Ashley Dupre • call girl

Call Girl:
Spitzer
Choked Me

'Concerned' hooker managed to
push him off

Mar 8, 09 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A call girl has charged that disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer "went too far" when he choked her during kinky role-playing sex, reports the New York Daily News. Spitzer, who was state attorney general at the time, "wanted a scenario where I was supposed to say... More »

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Spitzer Moves Into DC
Real Estate

Disgraced NY gov buys $180M office tower a block from tryst hotel

Mar 6, 09 5:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is now working in real estate in the city where his downfall began, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ex-governor of New York has worked with his father's real estate company to buy an office block in Washington DC, only a block away from the hotel where he... More »

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real estate • Washington DC • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • governor • Mayflower Hotel • Ashley Dupre

opinion

 Spitzer: 
 How to Fix Student Loan Mess 

Peg students' payments to their income

Mar 4, 09 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - In his latest Slate column, Eliot Spitzer shifts to education, with a solution on how to reform the student loan system. "We need to fix how Americans pay for higher education," writes the former New York governor. Rather than crippling loans that prevent bright graduates from pursuing worthy... More »

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Spitzer Got 'Too Rough' During Sex: Madam

And was 'real weasel'
about not using
condoms: book

Feb 6, 09 4:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Ouch. Bounced New York Gov. Eliot Sptizer was "rough and too aggressive" during sex and a "real weasel" about not using condoms, Manhattan madam Kristin Davis spills in her tell-all book online, the Daily News reports. The guv was "good for a call at least once a... More »

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 Spitzer Madam Gets 6 Months 

Teary Cecil Suwal asked judge for mercy

Jan 30, 09 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The 24-year-old who ran the call-girl ring that brought down Eliot Spitzer will serve 6 months in prison, the New York Daily News reports. Cecil Suwal of New York, who has pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiring to promote prostitution, wept as she asked the judge for mercy. "... More »

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New York City • Eliot Spitzer • prostitution ring • Ashley Dupre • madams • Cecil Suwal • prostitution scandal

GLOSSIES

 2008 Hall of Infamy
Inductees 

A month-by-month gallery of the year's most ignominious figures

Dec 25, 08 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - As we look back at the great people who made their mark this year, let us not forget to document the schlubby, the sneaky, and the just plain criminal. Vanity Fair has done the legwork, rounding up a month-by-month rogue's gallery. Some highlights:
  • January: Rudy Giuliani's Florida
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Rudy Giuliani • Robert Mugabe • politics • Eliot Spitzer • Carly Fiorina • Lipitor • Radovan Karadzic • Rod Blagojevich • Mark Penn • scandal • Robert Jarvik • He Kexin • Richard Fuld • Joe the Plumber • Best of 2008

 Celebs' Stupidest 
 Moves of 2008 

Atlanta Journal-Constitution lists the year's worst celeb incidents

Dec 21, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Celebrities broke new ground with their moronic bungles this year, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. And, let's face it, they're fun to watch:
  • Lil Jon: The rapper reacted to questions about his opening a winery: “I'm not like an expert, so don't ask me no questions. This is not
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Heather Mills • celebrity • Eliot Spitzer • Chad Johnson • Dr Phil • R. Kelly • Lil' Jon • Best of 2008

Jilted Woman Blames Spitzer Call Girl in Suit

She says she caught her ex-fiancé sleeping with Ashley Dupre

Dec 20, 08 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Ashley Dupre has wrecked another home, if you believe KT Mary Dunphy. The Manhattan woman is suing her ex-fiancé for “emotional distress,” in part, she tells the New York Daily News, because he slept with Eliot Spitzer’s infamous call girl and eventually took her on vacation... More »

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lawsuit • Eliot Spitzer • frivolous lawsuits • cheating • Ashley Dupre

Eliot Spitzer Among Victims of Madoff

Disgraced governor jokes about who's
been worse for Jews

Dec 19, 08 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer’s family real estate firm was one of many Jewish businesses fleeced by Bernard Madoff, the disgraced governor confirmed at the recent Slate holiday mixer. Spitzer said he hadn’t met Madoff personally and wasn’t into “the Palm Beach scene.” One journalist joked that Madoff... More »

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fraud • Eliot Spitzer • Jewish • Bernard Madoff

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