From ABC News, 11/30/07:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/nypd-chief-cast.html
NYPD Chief Casts Doubt on Giuliani Expense Story
Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:
New questions were raised today about Rudy Giuliani's explanation for
submitting police security expenses to obscure city agencies while he
was mayor of New York and carried on a secret affair with his
mistress, who also was given use of a police driver and city car.
Giuliani said Thursday the unusual billing practice was not intended
to hide anything but instead to speed payment of American Express
credit card bills.
But the current New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said today he
knew of no problems with the delay of payments before Giuliani was
mayor, when Kelly served under Mayor David Dinkins, or since.
"I don't recall anybody, any statements about delay," Kelly told
reporters.
He said all bills for the police details for Dinkins and now for Mayor
Mike Bloomberg are handled directly "through the police department."
Critics say Giuliani's practice of sending the bills to other agencies
suggested he was trying to hide his extra-marital affair with Judith
Nathan, who he later married after divorcing his second wife, Donna
Hanover.
In South Carolina today, Giuliani declined to offer any further
explanation, saying, "We've already explained it."
Giuliani's staff made "a concerted effort" to keep reporters from
coming near to the candidate, according to ABC News reporter Jan
Simmonds.
"At least three Giuliani press staffers loudly instructed the press to
stay within their cordoned-off area and were warned not to approach
the candidate," Simmonds reports.
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