Bruno: Spitzer Was Trying To “Destroy Me”
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Amid a report in the New York Times today that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was deeply involved in efforts to damage politically damage Republican foe Joseph Bruno, Bruno said he knew all along that Spitzer was trouble.
“The concern ought to be, doing that to me, using the power of the executive, a (Albany) DA just away walking away, whitewashing, covering up,” Bruno said this morning on 1300-AM in Albany.
“What on earth do 19 million people, what protection do they have, that somebody in great power won’t just make a decision to destroy their lives?”
The Times article, citing unnamed sources, said an investigation being prepared by Albany County District Attorney David Soares will show that Spitzer was closely involved in trying to release records that showed Bruno was using state aircraft for political purposes.
Spitzer, who resigned a week ago amid his involvement in a prostitution ring, had said he knew nothing of the effort by aides to release the information on Bruno.
Bruno responded today, “He acted like he was my best friend, looked me in the eye, extending his hand way back when he was truly trying to destroy me. It’s shameful.”
Soares is expected to release his findings this week after reopening a probe into whether former communications director Darren Dopp perjured himself when he gave statements to Soares and the state Public Integrity Commission.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
