NY-20: Gillibrand Demands Sweeney Account For Wife's 911 Call
The ultra-tight race between GOP Rep. John Sweeney and Dem challenger Kirsten Gillibrand has been thrown into turmoil by new revelations in the Daily News and Albany Times-Union, both of which reported late yesterday that GOP Rep. John Sweeney is in trouble over a newly-leaked police report that says his wife called 911 last December and told a dispatcher that Sweeney was "knocking her" around the house. Daily News reporter Ben Smith has the police report right here on his blog. Today the story is detonating like a bomb in the midst of the contest, and Gillibrand has just released her first statement on the revelations: "Today is a day for John Sweeney to answer questions about his own actions and behavior. The voters of this district deserve a full accounting from Mr. Sweeney instead of more attacks."
This is getting curiouser and curiouser. Since the report came out the Sweeney campaign has adamantly claimed it was bogus and that they would file the necessary papers with the State Police to release the "real" incident report concerning Gaia Sweeeny's 911 call. Two days went by with no "real' report being released. Not to worry, the Sweeney campaign promised a 5:00PM press conference today at Sweeney's lawyer's office where all would be revealed. Sweeney's lawyer now says he has advised his client to to release anything and that he has been charged with the task of investigating the original leak of the report. His report is due Tuesday morning. These latest actions apparently verify the authenticity of the published copies of the police report since you can't "leak" a fabricated document. The only possible leaker here would be the custodian of the incident report which is the New York State Police. How Sweeney's lawyer intends to accomplish his leak investigation between now and Tuesday is unclear, at best.
November 3, 2006 11:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is getting curiouser and curiouser. Since the report came out the Sweeney campaign has adamantly claimed it was bogus and that they would file the necessary papers with the State Police to release the "real" incident report concerning Gaia Sweeeny's 911 call. Two days went by with no "real' report being released. Not to worry, the Sweeney campaign promised a 5:00PM press conference today at Sweeney's lawyer's office where all would be revealed. Sweeney's lawyer now says he has advised his client to to release anything and that he has been charged with the task of investigating the original leak of the report. His report is due Tuesday morning. These latest actions apparently verify the authenticity of the published copies of the police report since you can't "leak" a fabricated document. The only possible leaker here would be the custodian of the incident report which is the New York State Police. How Sweeney's lawyer intends to accomplish his leak investigation between now and Tuesday is unclear, at best.
November 3, 2006 11:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is getting curiouser and curiouser. Since the report came out the Sweeney campaign has adamantly claimed it was bogus and that they would file the necessary papers with the State Police to release the "real" incident report concerning Gaia Sweeeny's 911 call. Two days went by with no "real' report being released. Not to worry, the Sweeney campaign promised a 5:00PM press conference today at Sweeney's lawyer's office where all would be revealed. Sweeney's lawyer now says he has advised his client to to release anything and that he has been charged with the task of investigating the original leak of the report. His report is due Tuesday morning. These latest actions apparently verify the authenticity of the published copies of the police report since you can't "leak" a fabricated document. The only possible leaker here would be the custodian of the incident report which is the New York State Police. How Sweeney's lawyer intends to accomplish his leak investigation between now and Tuesday is unclear, at best.
November 3, 2006 11:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
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DATE: 11/03/2006 11:46:25 PM
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