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Tell me difference between Giuliani-Nathan-taxpayer $ and Spitzer case


As I was reading a New York Times article about soon to be former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s legal team, I started to wonder: whatever happened to the pursuit of charges against former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the taxpayer money spent on him and Judith Nathan while he was still married.

Anyone know? I could’t find anything. Did I miss something?

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:12 am March 14th, 2008 in Courts, Crime, Government, WH2008 

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9 Responses to “Tell me difference between Giuliani-Nathan-taxpayer $ and Spitzer case”

  1. 1 Onegus on March 14th, 2008 8:39 pm

    Doing things to protect a person you love…that is chivalry, risking your job and position for love is romantic, sneeking around sleeping with prostitutes is hot but only admirable to other pigs.

  2. 2 Oengus on March 14th, 2008 8:41 pm

    I spelled my name wrong, anyway one is about sex the other is about love.

    You missed that…are you jaded?

  3. 3 Oengus on March 14th, 2008 8:50 pm

    I spelled my name wrong…

    you missed the love factor.

    Its all is fair in Love and War…not all is fair in sex and violence.

    Rudi betrayed Donna and gave her 6.8M to compensate the court could have charged him for duplicate spousal protection as mayor…but that would have left him open for bigamy charges. Obviously, I am not an attorney.

  4. 4 Jill Miller Zimon on March 15th, 2008 9:01 am

    LOL – yes I did miss the misspelling of your name but I’ve been on a bit of a self-imposed hiatus. I hope to catch up on comments over the weekend.

    I don’t think the love v. sex difference matters if the issue is taxpayer money. It also appears that Spitzer used his own funds but whether that will matter, also can’t be predicted yet.

    I’m angry that the Giuliani matter is not being updated in the news regularly.

  5. 5 Joe Amschlinger on March 15th, 2008 10:10 am

    Giuliani did not cross sate boundaries like George Fox did.

  6. 6 Jill Miller Zimon on March 15th, 2008 10:12 am

    Hellooooo – he used state-funded security detail, at a minimum. Please – make all the distinctions you want but the use of taxpayer dollars for his sexual proclivities while still married deserves a grand jury investigation, at a minimum.

  7. 7 Oengus on March 15th, 2008 12:33 pm

    Adultery is a separate issue, it is a spouse’s issue; the question is does the mayor have the right to assign police protection to a citizen.

    He does and he did, she was his mistress and that made her a target. He did not have to hide the charges, he committed adultery and held accountable for that.

    Therefore, if we separate the moral issue from the legal issue, then we see his involvement with this woman created a need to protect her and he as Mayor had the authority and even the obligation to protect her.

    The adultery issue was resolved separately; it is not extenuating its actually muted.

    Spitzer’s adultery issue is also separate, he did not have to use an illegal prostitute or hide the money transfers. He actually broke laws, he could have used his credit card in Nevada, both men attempted to hide the adultery and neither were successful.

    I think a legal case against Giuliani would fall apart and the case against Spitzer is rather serious the money laundering is very serious. His wife also has a serious adultery charge against him.

    It may bother people that the mayor used public funds to protect his mistress, but he actually has the rights to assign police protection as he sees fit. Improper is not illegal, improper is a charge of the court of public opinion; improper struggles in the actual legal system.

  8. 8 Jill Miller Zimon on March 23rd, 2008 2:11 pm

    I think you are trying way too hard. Giuliani abused his discretion – that’s the problem. And he did it with taxpayer money. Spitzer may be being pursued selectively with a prejudicial enforcement of the law.

    I imagine the Giuliani thing won’t go anywhere even though it should and that Spitzer’s is going to waste a boatload of taxpayer dough when it shouldn’t.

  9. 9 Swine flu shot. on May 3rd, 2009 1:18 am

    Swine flu….

    Swine flu. 1976 swine flu scare. Swine flu deaths from shot. Reaction to swine flu vaccine….

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