Bruno Reponse To Troopergate Report
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- March
- 28
“The report released today by the Albany County District Attorney’s Office confirms what I have been saying all along, that former Governor Eliot Spitzer lied to the people of this State about his direct knowledge and involvement in the Troopergate scandal; that he was obsessed with conducting a ‘political hit job’ to damage me personally and politically; and that the administration enlisted favored members of the news media, principally the Albany Times Union to carry out their plot.
“The report represents a turnaround from the District Attorney’s report issued last September that cleared the Governor of any wrongdoing.
“That report was done after a so-called “investigation” in which the DA did not place anyone under oath and was clearly issued as cover for then-Governor Spitzer and his administration”.
“I feel it was a serious mistake not to present this information to a grand jury and proceed with a prosecution, as there is clearly evidence of criminal conduct.
“I urge Governor Paterson to take appropriate action against those involved in the plot and cover-up, and who should not continue to represent him and the Executive Chamber.
“This scandal was a blatant abuse of government power. This time it was aimed at me. However, these abuses should present a concern to all New Yorkers. It also illustrates the importance of having checks and balances in State government and avoiding one-party rule and power.
“While we will continue to move forward with measures to address some of the legislative issues raised by this scandal, this report sheds more light on a sad and disgraceful chapter in New York State history and on a Governor who clearly had his priorities wrong and, as I said so often, lacked the temperament to govern.”
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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. 
Regardless of what comes out of this, people will have gotten to the point where they dont care anymore.