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The New York Post reported on December 5, 2006, that Kristian Stiles was one of 49 Spitzer staffers receiving a total of $1.35 million dollars in bonus money after his successful campaign for governor or New York. Stiles received $35,000. "It's hard to argue [with the bonuses] given their success," said [[Blair Horner]], of the [[New York Public Interest Research Group]]. "It's a lot of money, but given the loopholes in New York state's campaign-finance law, this isn't one we'd necessarily object to." [http://www.nypost.com/seven/12052006/news/regionalnews/bonanza_for_eliot_staffers_regionalnews_kenneth_lovett.htm]
==Role of [[Roger Stone]] ==
On March 24, 2008, the Daily News reported, "When Roger Stone predicted last year that Gov. Eliot Spitzer would soon be toast, it sounded like the rantings of a partisan attack dog. Turns out, the Republican operative is a dragon-slayer who helped bring down New York State's most powerful man. 'Everything surrounding Eliot Spitzer is bizarre. It gets more bizarre now when Roger Stone is [involved],' said Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf. 'It's like this is all from a movie.' Stone, who boasts of being the sleaziest man in American politics, declared on Dec. 6 to conservative radio host Michael Smerconish that the then-powerful Gov. Spitzer 'wouldn't serve his full term.' The comments didn't draw much attention at the time since Stone was a well-known enemy of Spitzer who worked for the governor's nemesis, Majority Leader Joe Bruno. Nobody knew that Stone had already tipped off the feds to Spitzer's high-priced hooker habit in a Nov. 19 letter to the FBI. It also cattily mentioned the governor's fetish for having sex with socks on. It's unclear whether the prosecutors knew anything about Spitzer's involvement in the Emperors Club VIP call girl ring when Stone wrote the letter." [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/24/2008-03-24_gop_operative_roger_stone_helped_bring_d.html]
* [[The Emperors Club VIP]]
*[[Kristian Stiles]]
**[[Roger Stone]]
*Serge F. Kovaleski and Ian Urbina, [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/nyregion/13kristen.html The Woman at the Center of the Governor’s Downfall], New York Times, March 13, 2008
* Jo Becker, [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/nyregion/16spitzer.html Investigators Seek Records of Spitzer Campaign’s Payments to a Consultant], New York Times, March 16, 2008
* Elizabeth Benjamin and Dave Goldiner, [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/24/2008-03-24_gop_operative_roger_stone_helped_bring_d.html GOP operative Roger Stone helped bring down Eliot Spitzer], Daily News, March 24, 2008.
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