BREAKING: NY’s gov. set to drop re-election bid amid controversy
Within the next few hours, New York Gov. David Paterson is expected to announce he will drop his bid for re-election. The announcement would come on the heels of news reports that Gov. Paterson allegedly telephoned a woman who had accused one of the governor's top aides of a violent assault. According to the New York Times:
Many details of the governor’s role in this episode are unclear, but the accounts presented in court and police records and interviews with the woman’s lawyer and others portray a brutal encounter, a frightened woman and an effort to make a potential political embarrassment go away.
The case involved David W. Johnson, 37, who had risen from working as Mr. Paterson’s driver and scheduler to serving in the most senior ranks of the administration, but who also had a history of altercations with women.
A spokesman for the governor denied that Paterson initiated the phone conversation with the woman. Court records show the woman was twice given a temporary order of protection against Johnson.
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