Feb 4, 2009 11:28 am US/Eastern
Paterson Blames Campaign Aide For Kennedy Leaks
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New York Gov. David Paterson appears at the annual Columbus Day parade on Fifth Avenue October 13, 2008 in New York City.
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After denying involvement in the leak of damaging claims about Caroline Kennedy after she withdrew from consideration for New York's U.S. Senate seat, Gov. David Paterson now says a campaign staffer was behind the leak.
Paterson also says he'll keep the consultant on the campaign payroll. He did not name the staffer.
The Democratic governor has insisted he had nothing to do with leaking unsubstantiated claims that Kennedy faced tax, nanny and marital problems. Those unproven claims were fed to reporters by a person close to Paterson under the condition of anonymity just hours after Kennedy abruptly withdrew from Paterson's secretive selection process.
That process included a questionnaire asking contenders to list tax, employee and other personal information.
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