Rudy’s private taxi service
It now appears that Rudy was using the NYPD as a taxi service for his then mistress (now wife) Judi Nathan (via Brian Ross):
Well before it was publicly known he was seeing her, then-married New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani provided a police driver and city car for his mistress Judith Nathan, former senior city officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
“She used the PD as her personal taxi service,” said one former city official who worked for Giuliani.
TalkLeft notes that when Alan Hevesi did the same thing it was a crime, quoting this NYT article:
[NY State Comptroller Alan Hevesi's] decision to step down came as Albany prosecutors were preparing to ask a grand jury to indict him on charges of defrauding the government and on other felonies stemming from his use of state employees as chauffeurs and aides to his wife, a law enforcement official said, charges that could have yielded a prison sentence had he been convicted.
Josh Marshall notes that there is one key difference:
…having state employees chauffeur your sick wife seems considerably more justifiable than having a car and driver detailed for your mistress.
Just to be clear: it appears that what Rudy Giuliani did here was worse than what Alan Hevesi was forced to resign over.
Can’t wait until the D&C editorial board condemns this. Should we hold our collective breath?
Well, well, well. I wonder who the lucky hussie will be that gets to ride around in Air Force One if he (HA! Like when hell freezes over) were elected President!
Where’s Pat Robinson weigh in on this one?
This is like asking Marley to summon the ghost of Hevasi past…let’s see what Spitzie has to say about this, since it was State money…or at worst case scenario, NYC money.
This was just a “youthful indiscretion” - to use Henry Hyde’s words when he had to explain his own infidelity that occurred when he was 41, after leading the movement to impeach Bill Clinton. I guess you can be over-the-hill, but still young at heart
Tap, tap, tap… wide stance, what Republican doesn’t have one?
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