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Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 54th governor of New York from 2007 until his resignation in 2008. Spitzer was born in New York City, attended Princeton University, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.
Apr 29, 2024 · Eliot Spitzer (born June 10, 1959, Bronx, New York, U.S.) is an American lawyer and politician who was governor of New York from 2007 to 2008. As the state’s attorney general (1999–2006), he gained national attention for his aggressive pursuit of corruption in the financial industry.
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Dec 2, 2007 · A year ago, Eliot Spitzer, the real-estate scion and crusading attorney general, won a lightly contested race for governor, against a Republican named John Faso, by promising to put an end to...
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Nov 6, 2010 · Known as the "The Sheriff of Wall Street" when he was New York's attorney general, Eliot Spitzer aimed his fire at some of America's largest financial institutions and their most powerful ...
Feb 27, 2011 · For Americans don't judge Eliot Spitzer by what he now has, but by what he once was and – most importantly of all – what he might have been. Spitzer is the archetypal fallen angel: a once ...
Eliot Spitzer and an Elite Co-op Board Fight Over a Ditch. The former governor of New York faces a lawsuit from a cooperative board that could upend his plans to build condos on the Upper East...
Nov 4, 2010 · Alex Gibney’s new documentary, “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,” examines the hubris and politics that played a role in Mr. Spitzer’s undoing.
