Politico editor: It looks like someone helped Rudy 'cover his tracks' during affair
Jason Rhyne
Published: Thursday November 29, 2007
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First reported on on Wednesday, the original
Politico story cites documents acquired through a New York Freedom of Information Law proving Giuliani "billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses." The story also asserts that "mayoral costs had nothing to do with the functions of the little-known city offices that defrayed (Giuliani's) tabs, including agencies responsible for regulating loft apartments, aiding the disabled and providing lawyers for indigent defendants."
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In Wednesday evening's debate, Giuliani called the story "not true" only hours after it was first published on Politico's website. "I had 24-hour security for the eight years that I was mayor. They followed me everyplace I went," he added. "It was because there were, you know, threats, threats that I don't generally talk about. Some have become public recently; most of them haven't..." Last month, the New York Post reported that New York mafia leaders had been close to "sanctioning a hit" on Giuliani in the 1980's, when he was working as a federal prosecutor targeting the mob. Many mafia experts, however, doubt that a serious threat against the mayor's life ever existed.
But Harris said that
it appeared the bills were designed to help obfuscate the mayor's activities.
"Look, he's responsible as the Mayor of New York," said the editor. "Somebody was clearly trying to help him cover his tracks is the way it looks." Harris also said suggested it would remind voters of the former mayor's rocky relationship history.
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