Eliot Spitzer‘s political and sexual shenanigans are costing taxpayers upwards of $3.6 million.
From Troopergate to Hookergate, a small army of lawyers, investigators and government staffers have spent thousands of hours sorting out the ex-governor’s political flaps and personal transgressions during his brief time in the statehouse.
This month, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo launched his second look at the Dirty Tricks saga: a far-reaching probe into whether Spitzer ordered the State Police to gather intelligence on Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. It should double the estimated $150,000 the attorney general’s office spent on the initial report that sparked the Spitzer’s troubles last year.
Meanwhile, the State Investigation Commission has launched an investigation of the investigations – those by the attorney general, the state Senate, the state inspector general, the Albany district attorney and the state Public Integrity Commission. That’ll cost at least $70,000.
But the largest price tag belongs to the federal government’s eight-month prostitution probe of the Emperor’s Club VIP escort service – with its surveillance, raids and multiple wiretaps likely costing $2 million, The Post found.