Report: Spitzer to Announce Resignation this Morning

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This just in: the New York Post is reporting that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer will announce his resignation this morning. According to the NYP, he will begin notifying top state officials of his decision just after 9 a.m.

Spitzer is among the clients referenced in a federal complaint unsealed last week that charged four people with managing a prostitution ring, according to a federal complaint and two lawyers briefed on the case. He is alleged to have hired a prostitute through the ring last month in Washington, D.C., arranging for advance payments through a shell company and paying for the prostitute’s train ride from New York to Washington.
We’ll update the story as it unfolds.