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Sep 28, 2006 6:07 pm US/Eastern
Pirro Demands Probe Into Wiretap Leaks
Another Day, Another Problem For A.G. Candidate
by Marcia Kramer
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Jeanine Pirro defended herself at a news conference on Wednesday. (AP)
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If you thought Jeanine Pirro was going to get out of the attorney general's race, forget about it. She's fighting mad and demanding that the U.S. attorney investigate the case immediately.
"I am calling on U.S. attorney, Alberto Gonzalez, to begin an immediate investigation and appoint a special prosecutor to get Elliot Jacobson off his witch hunt," Pirro told the New York Hispanic Clergy Association in the Bronx. "There needs to be a federal investigation of the felony of leaking sealed court documents."
Jacobson is the man who sent Pirro's husband Al to jail on tax fraud charges. He's heading this investigation, too, Pirro says, but no crime was committed when she asked former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik about finding out if her husband was having an affair.
"Court documents that were sealed docs were released to the press. Ladies and gentlemen, that is a felony. That is the only felony that has occurred in this situation," Pirro said.
Pirro continued her campaign for attorney general Thursday, despite the bombshell revelations about her husband's alleged infidelities and her attempts to stop them using Kerik.
Pirro appeared before a group of 100 Hispanic Bronx clergy, who praised her for staying with her husband, and keeping the marriage together.
"Marriages should be kept together at all costs," said Democratic state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. "Jeanine Pirro put her marriage first and her children first before her own ambitions. She became a heroine to us."
Pirro seemed thrilled with the group's praise for staying with the husband who cheated on her in the past, even fathering a love child while he was married to her.
"I have fought to keep my family together, and I'm proud," she told the group. "The only thing I'm concerned about now, is keeping my family together, as I've said for many years."
Pirro refused to point fingers at who might be responsible for the leak, or say if it was her opponent, Andrew Cuomo.
"You know, I don't know. I don't know the facts as to who or what, but I want the feds to find out. But I want the case moved fast," she said.
Pirro wants a special prosecutor appointed immediately and a determination made within 30 days, so voters will know who's behind this issue when they go to the polls.
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