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investigation also showed that far from being a one-time event, Eliot had
been hiring such services for years. This was so even though he had
often boasted about prosecuting others – a real head scratcher.
We have all heard so many fall-from-grace stories over past years that
to some degree we’ve become numb to the shock. Even so, Eliot’s was
something! A guy, who as the top cop in NYC had pursued and
prosecuted crimes of all sorts, including prostitution, was now on the
other side.
For one thing, how could he have put himself into such a position? How
many times did we say or hear the words, “What was he thinking?”
Consider also, what must it have felt like to learn that he’d been nailed
with the same investigative techniques that he had used so many times
himself to get the “bad guys,” of which he was now officially one!
One day Governor of New York State, the next day the object of scorn
and ridicule. He was forced to resign or potentially face serious
criminal charges. It was a fall as stunning and precipitous as they come.
And what I knew, that was unknown by almost anyone else at the time,
was that Eliot had not only made the choice everyone knew about, but
also the following:
Rather than:
Stay at home in New York City; Take his wife and three daughters
to the Hedge funds Care “Open Your Heart To The Children
Benefit,” with the mission of funding programs dedicated to saving
children from the trauma of abuse; Give the Keynote address with
his family looking on, to an audience of people all gathered for
that noble purpose; Then take his family home, tuck his daughters
in, exchanging hugs and kisses good-night.
Eliot chose: