prostitutes since he resigned as New York governor in 2008.
The Wall Street Journal reports Spitzer was asked that question
Wednesday as he campaigned for New York City comptroller on Staten
Island. The query was prompted, obviously, by Anthony Weiner's
confirmation that he engaged in lewd online exchanges with women even
after resigning from Congress in 2011.
"Absolutely not," Spitzer is quoted as saying by the Journal. "And
we're done answering those questions."
Spitzer and Weiner are inextricably linked because they're both New
York Democrats who fell from grace because of sex scandals — and are
now trying to get elected to office again.
This isn't the first time Spitzer has been asked whether he still
engages in the behavior that forced him to step down. There was this
exchange, for example, last week with CNN's Jake Tapper, who noted
that paying for sex became a "Class E felony" under a law signed by
Spitzer:
Tapper: "When was the last time you broke that law? 2008?"
Spitzer: "That's correct."
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