Sentences with phrase «wake of a prostitution scandal»

They clashed on several issues when he was governor, and she was one of the first Democratic elected officials to call on him to resign in the wake of his prostitution scandal.

«I thought the most appropriate first guest would be the gentleman who got me my last job,» cracked Paterson, making not the first joke about Spitzer's immolation in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

In the wake of the prostitution scandal that eventually forced him from office, Spitzer came under fire for (among other things) hypocrisy, with critics noting that he had busted at least two prostitution rings when he was AG and portrayed himself as a champion of women's rights.

The list of state - level candidates to whom Trump has handed out include scandal - scarred state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who was sentenced last week to up to four years behind bars; former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned his post in the wake of a prostitution scandal and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

It's about having another choice,» he said, adding that he felt Mr. Spitzer had an «unparalleled» record as attorney general and may have gone on to become a great governor had he not been forced to resign in he wake of a prostitution scandal.

Troopergate long outlasted Spitzer, with the second Soares report released just over a week after the governor had resigned from office in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

Ironically, Cortes - Vazquez was later put in the awkward position of having to accept Spitzer's resignation in the wake of his prostitution scandal.

Thanking family, friends and his campaign staff, the victorious candidate energized the crowed and made a «promise to bring integrity, experience and leadership» to the office — a less - than - subtle final dig at Mr. Spritzer, who was forced to resign five years ago in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

After Spitzer resigned in the wake of a prostitution scandal, Paterson was sworn in as governor of New York on March 17, 2008.

In the last filing, Paterson reported spending $ 12,367 on Sard Verbinnen and Co., the PR firm Spitzer relied on in the wake of his prostitution scandal.

At the moment, he is perhaps best known as the guy who declined to prosecute former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in the wake of the prostitution scandal that forced the now - leading NYC comptroller candidate from office in 2008 — a fact that could come back to bite him should he decide to pull the trigger on a statewide run in 2014.

Then, in 2008, Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned from office in the wake of his prostitution scandal, and plans for the new station and stadium were shelved.

Eliot Spitzer, in the wake of the prostitution scandal that forced him to resign.

Spitzer resigned as New York's governor in 2008 in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

Paterson, who succeeded Eliot Spitzer as governor in 2008 after Spitzer resigned in the wake of a prostitution scandal,...

Elliot Spitzer resigned last year in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

Spitzer, however, resigned in the wake of a prostitution scandal, leaving David Paterson to govern.