Maybe you all knew this but I didn't realize that Roger Stone

[Marie Marie]

helped take down Elliot Spitzer. Trevor Noah just mentioned it on TDS. Funny how he can stand by a man who cheats on all his wives, pays off various women for their silence, and brags about sexually assaulting women but sex with a prostitute is just a bridge too far for his sensibilities. Not defending Spitzer but the hypocrisy is amazing.

[irresistable]

1. "Helped" is an understatement.

[sharedvalues]

2. It's unclear if Stone was taking credit illegitimately

The incident is discussed on both sides in Jeffrey Toobin’s long New Yorker piece on stone.

[handmade34]

3. had nothing to do

with it involving a prostitute... it had everything to do with it involving a Democrat... no hypocrisy
it is simply: Republican Good * Democrat Bad

[Marie Marie]

4. So true. He is such a weasel and I can only hope he lives a very long life,

in prison.

[Midnight Writer]

5. Stone also had connections to Al Franken's accuser.

[lostnfound]

6. Wonder if Spitzer was also getting near the Russians or Trump. Nt

[UpInArms]

7. He was going after the banks

https://ellenbrown.com/2013/08/19/not-too-big-to-jail-why-eliot-spitzer-is-wall-streets-worst-nightmare/

Less than a month after publishing this editorial, Spitzer had been exposed, disgraced, and was out of office. Greg Palast pointed to the fact that Spitzer was the single politician standing in the way of a $200 billion windfall from the Federal Reserve, guaranteeing the toxic mortgage-backed securities of the same banking predators that were responsible for the subprime debacle. While the Federal Reserve was trying to bail them out, Spitzer was trying to regulate them, bringing suit on behalf of consumers.3 But he was quickly silenced, and any state attorneys general who might get similar ideas in the future would be blocked by the federal “oversight” then being imposed on state regulation.

[lostnfound]

9. I know. But was he ALSO after Russian mob or the future fraudster in chief? New York AG

Some of this seemed to be open secrets

[UpInArms]

10. Found this

As attorney general of New York State, Eliot Spitzer had been a relentless prosecutor of local white-collar crime. Few people had better reasons to fear him than Trump, whose company, whose “University,” and whose “foundation” were all shot through with shady business practices, if not outright criminality. (The fraudulent university was eventually shut down by the feds — Trump had to pay $26 million in restitution at the end of the 2016 campaign — and the Trump Foundation is still being scrutinized by the New York attorney general’s office.)

Once Spitzer was elected governor, a group of Republican-aligned power brokers went after him, tailing him with private detectives. They eventually caught him associating with a prostitute, a scandal that forced Spitzer to resign.

In the thick of this effort was Stone, who may well have been tipped off by one of his own prostitute friends. Stone is a notorious swinger and philanderer who has bragged about the high-class escorts he knew. In a well-crafted documentary on the subject, Client 9, Stone winks at the role he might have played in Spitzer’s fall from grace.

As the scandal was breaking, a phone call was made to Spitzer’s father’s house, threatening to bring his whole family down. The phone message was made public and the call was eventually traced to a telephone. It was Stone’s.

https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/12/16/donald-trump-and-his-shady-entourage-a-brief-history/

[lostnfound]

13. Uggh.what an awful thing he is. Nt

[Noreastern]

8. He was promoting a bill to declare abortion a fundamental right in NY

NY Bill to Declare Abortion a Fundamental Right for Women is Top Legislative Priority for Gov. Spitzer

Pro-choice activists are gathering around the country today to mark the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. In Albany, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is addressing the Family Planning Advocates of New York State. Shortly after taking office last year, Spitzer introduced a bill that would declare abortion a fundamental right for women. The bill would also ensure abortion remains legal in New York should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade. [includes rush transcript]

https://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/10/new_york_bill_to_declare_abortion

[panader0]

11. Welcome to DU.

[Jose Garcia]

12. I remember Stone bragging that it was because as AG, Spitzer

had put people in jail for prostitution charges.