Searching for Champions (Correspondence) NYS

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer

ILLUSTRATIVE CJA CORRESPONDENCE
WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL SPITZER

1994: Correspondence during Spitzer's first run as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for A.G.

CJA's August 8, 1994 letter
SEE: Test Cases - Federal (Mangano)

CJA's September 9, 1994 fax, enclosing CJA's September 9, 1994 letter to WNBC-Channel 4 reporter Gabe Pressman, providing a specific question for the Democratic candidates for Attorney General at the News Forum debate

Spitzer's September 14, 1994 fed-ex return of substantiating materials transmitted by CJA's August 8, 1994 letter

1998: Correspondence during Spitzer's second run as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for A.G.

CJA's September 7, 1998 letter -- "Raising Electorally-Significant Issues of Government Integrity: Wednesday, September 9th Debate of Candidates for the Democratic Nomination for NYS Attorney General"
    -- Restraining "Liars in the Courtroom" and on the Public Payroll, CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997
          SEE: Test Cases - Federal (Mangano)
                Judicial Discipline - NYS: Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct

CJA's September 8, 1998 memo to New York Law Journal & Association of the Bar of the City of New York -- with copies hand-delivered to all four democratic candidates, including Spitzer
   Ex A-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997
   Ex A-2: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 ad, NYT, October 26, 1994
   Ex B: CJA's September 7, 1998 letter to A.G. Democratic candidate Koppell
   Ex C: CJA's September 7, 1998 letter to A.G. Democratic candidate Spitzer
   Ex D: CJA's September 7, 1998 letter to A.G. Democratic candidate Davis
   Ex E: CJA's September 7, 1998 letter to A.G. Democratic candidate Abate

CJA's September 9, 1998 hand-out: "IS CASE FILE EVIDENCE OF JUDICIAL CORRUPTION AND COLLUSION BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL 'TOO HOT' FOR THE CANDIDATES"

1998-9: Correspondence following Spitzer's election as New York's Attorney General
-- & BEFORE commencement of the Commission case

CJA's December 24, 1998 letter -- "RE: Rescinding the appointments of Michelle Hirshman and Richard Rifkin"
        Transmitting record of Rifkin's official misconduct:       SEE: Searching for Champions-State-NY: Ethics Commission
        Transmitting record of Hirshman's official misconduct: SEE: Searching for Champions-State-NY: U.S. Attorney-SDNY
                     record of Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct

CJA's December 28, 1998 letter-- "RE: Rescinding the appointments of Michelle Hirshman and Richard Rifkin"
     -- An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals , CJA's letter to editor, NY Post, December 28, 1998

PAPER TRAIL OF A.G. SPITZER'S CORRUPTION IN OFFICE

JANUARY 27, 1999:
Attorney General Spitzer's publicly announces establishment of
"public integrity unit" at breakfast program sponsored by the New York Law Journal
& Association of the Bar of the City of New York
-- with Elena Sassower's public exchange with him

April 20, 1999 - December 17, 2002: Commission case

Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York

SEE: Formal motions for sanctions against Attorney General Spitzer personally, as well as disciplinary and criminal referrals of him

                          (1)   in Supreme Court/NY County:
                                         -- July 28, 1999 sanctions motion & memorandum of law
                                         --   supplemented by September 24, 1999 affidavit & reply memo of law

                          (2) in Appellate Division, 1st Dept.:
                                         -- August 17, 2001 sanctions motion
                                         -- supplemented by October 15, 2001 reply affidavit
                          (3)    NY Court of Appeals:
                                         -- June 17, 2002 sanctions motion
                                         -- supplemented by July 13, 2002 reply affidavit

Illustrative Correspondence AFTER commencement of the Commission case:

1999: Correspondence while the case was in Supreme Court/New York County
SEE: Test Cases - State (Commission)

CJA's August 6, 1999 letter -- "RE: Petitioner's July 28, 1999 Motion for Omnibus Relief"

CJA's October 29, 1999 notice -- -- "RE: Michael Mantell v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct"
ENCLOSING: CJA's October 27, 1999 complaint to NYS Ethics Commission based on A.G. Spitzer's litigation misconduct in Michael Mantell v. New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

SEE: record in Michael Mantell v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct

2000-1: Correspondence when the case was going up on appeal
to the Appellate Division/First Department
SEE: Test Cases - State (Commission)

CJA's February 7, 2000 notice
   (also addressed to Commission on Judicial Conduct, with indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorneys-SDNY/EDNY, Ethics Commission, Judge Wetzel, Administrative Judge Crane)

CJA's February 25, 2000 notice
(also addressed to Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorney-SDNY, Ethics Commission, with indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, U.S. Attorney-EDNY, Commission on Judicial Conduct, Chief Judge Kaye, Administrative Judge Crane, Judge Wetzel, City Bar, Patricia Salkin/Director-Gov't Law Center/Albany Law School, media)
   TRANSMITTING: CJA's February 23, 2000 letter to Governor Pataki
     Ex. A: CJA's February 7, 2000 letter to Nan Weiner
     Ex. B-1: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's letter to editor, NYLJ, August 14, 1995
     Ex. B-2: "A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, November 20, 1997
     Ex. B-3: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997
     Ex. C: computerized court record of Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission and recusal orders of 5 justices
     Ex. D: statement of former Bronx Surrogate Bertram Gelfand at the City Bar's public hearing on the Commission
     Ex. E: CJA's January 7, 1998 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
             Ex. A: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", letter to editor, NYT, 11/16/96
             Ex. B-1: CJA's July 25, 1997 letter to James Gill, Chairman/1st Dept Judicial Screening Committee
             Ex. B-2-6: follow-up faxes to 1st Dept. Judicial Screening Committee
             Ex. C-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ,
                           August 27, 1997
             Ex. C-2: NYLJ item, September 22, 1997
             Ex. D: NYLJ item, December 26, 1997
             Ex. E: receipted 1st page of CJA's December 29, 1997 memo to members of State Judicial Screening
                       Committee
     Ex. F: pp. 5-13 of the transcript of the May 17, 1999 proceeding before Justice Lebedeff
     Ex. G: pp. 8-17, 22-23 of the transcript of the June 14, 1999 court conference before Justice Zweibel
     Ex. H: transcript of the October 8, 1999 proceeding before Justice Zweibel
     Ex. I: "Pols Rule Courtrooms: Acting Judges Owe Their Jobs to Pataki, Rudy", NYDaily News, January 18, 2000
     Ex. J: Kamau Bey's May 27, 1999, June 25, 1999, and July 23, 1999 judicial misconduct complaints against
               Justice Wetzel &Commission acknowledgment & dismissal letters
     Ex. K: "Observers Say Judge Doomed Defense", NY Post, April 17, 1998, "Wacko Wetzel Left Oliver's Lawyer
                 Defenseless", NYPost May 30, 1998, "Cybersex Defense Wants Trial Halted", NY Daily News,
                 March 24, 1998, "Defense in Sexual Torture Case Says Court Let the Accuser Lie", NYT,
                 March 24, 1998, "Oliver Jovanovic: First Sacrifice of the Digital Age", La Journada, May 19, 1998

CJA's March 17, 2000 transmittal memo -- "RE: Your Duty to Ensure Independent Investigation..."
(also addressed to Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorney-SDNY, Ethics Commission)
-- transmitting copies of:
          (1) CJA's March 3, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
                  Ex. A: pages from Chief Judge Kaye's January 10, 2000 "State of the Judiciary Address"
                  Ex. B: exchange of correspondence between Kamau Bey & Chief Judge Kaye's office
          (2) CJA's March 3, 2000 complaint against Judges Wetzel & Crane
          (3) CJA's March 17, 2000 letter to Manhattan D.A.
                  Ex. A-1: CJA's October 29, 1999 letter
                  Ex. A-2:   D.A.'s October 29, 1999 letter to CJA
                  Ex. A-3: CJA's November 4, 1999 letter
          (4) CJA's March 17, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney/SDNY
          (5) CJA's March 17, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney/EDNY
                  Ex. A-1: "Fund-Raiser For Pataki Faces Charges", NYT, December 16, 1999
                  Ex. A-2: "Watch Out For the Feds", Empire State Report, September 1999
                  Ex. A-3: "Pataki's 1994 Fund-Raising Is Under Investigation", NYT, January 21, 1998
                  Ex. A-4: CJA's February 12, 1998 fax to Walter Ayres, Public Information Officer/
                               NYS Ethics Commission
                  Ex. B-1: 1998 Report to Congress: Activities & Operations of the Public Integrity Section, pp. 1-2
                  Ex. B-2: 28 USC Sec. 528

CJA's April 24, 2004 transmittal memo
(also addressed to Gov. Pataki, Chief Judge Kaye, Commission on Judicial Conduct, D.A. Morgenthau, U.S. Attorneys White & Lynch, Ethics Commission, Special Inspector General Spatz)
      -- transmitting copies of:
               (1) CJA's April 18, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
                       Ex. A: March 27, 2000 letter from Michael Colodner, Counsel/Unified Court System
                       Ex. B: Chief Administrative Judge's 1998 report, pp. 45-6, 57
                       Ex. C-1: CJA's March 3, 2000 judicial misconduct complaint vs. Judges Wetzel & Crane
                     Ex. C-2: Commission's March 7, 2000 acknowledgment letter
                       Ex. C-3: Commission's April 6, 2000 dismissal letter
               (2) CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to Commission on Judicial Conduct
               (3) CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to Manhattan D.A. Morgenthau
               (4) CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney White
               (5) CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney Lynch

CJA's September 27, 2000 letter to A.G. Spitzer -- "RE: Your ethical and professional duty, inter alia: (1) to withdraw your Law Department's fraudulent 'Brief for Respondent' in Mantell v. Commission...; (2) to withdraw from your representation of the Commission therein as inconsistent with Executive Law 63.1, and; (3) to intervene therein and in Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission...on behalf of the public interest, advanced in each proceeding by the pro se petitioners"

CJA's December 1, 2000 notice -- "RE: Michael Mantell v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct"

CJA's January 10, 2001 letter -- "RE: Your duty under Executive Law 63.1 in the appeal..."

CJA's April 18, 2001 letter -- "RE: Withdrawing your Respondent's Brief in the appeal..."

CJA's May 3, 2001 letter -- "RE: Meeting your Obligations under New York's Disciplinary Rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility and under Executive Law 63.1 in the appeal..."

CJA's October 11, 2001 notice -- "RE: You Mandatory Supervisory Responsibilities under 22 NYCRR 1200.5 [DR 1-104 of New York's Disciplinary Rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility] and 22 NYCRR 130-1.1"

2002: Correspondence following the Appellate Division/First Department decision
& on appeal to the New York Court of Appeals
SEE: Test Cases - State (Commission)

CJA's January 7, 2002 notice -- "Your ethical and professional duty to take steps to vacate for fraud the Appellate Division, First Department's December 18, 2001 decision in Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acing pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York (NY Co. 108551/99) and to secure the criminal prosecution of the five-judge appellate panel, in addition to initiation of disciplinary proceedings to remove them from the bench"

   Ex. A: Appellate Division's December 18, 2001 decision, as printed in NYLJ
    Ex B: Elena Sassower's November 21, 2001 oral argument before Appellate Division
    Ex C: Elena Sassower's November 30, 2001 letter to Appellate Division panel

January 14, 2002 letter -- "RE: Your continuing duty under Executive Law 63.1 to safeguard 'the interest of the state' ..."    [given to A.G. Spitzer, in hand]

CJA's January 23, 2002 letter to Attorney General Spitzer --"RE: Your Duty to Protect the People of this State from the Possible Elevation of Milton L. Williams, John T. Buckley, or Richard T. Andrias, each Appellate Division, First Department Associate Justices, to the position of Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department"
   (indicated copies to Solicitor General Halligan and Commission on Judicial Conduct) [Designation of Presiding Justice-Appellate Division]

CJA's February 12, 2002 letter to Attorney General Spitzer -- "RE: (1) Supplement to CJA's January 23, 2002 Letter-Notice: Your Duty to Your Duty to Protect the People of this State from the Possible Appointment of Eugene L. Nardelli, Acting Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, to the Position of Presiding Justice; (2) Your Mandatory Supervisory Duty to Withdraw Assistant Solicitor General Carol Fischer's fraudulent opposition to the January 17, 2002 Motion for Reargument in Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York"
(indicated copies to Solicitor General Halligan and Commission on Judicial Conduct) [Designation of Presiding Justice-Appellate Division]

CJA's May 3, 2002 notice -- "RE: Setting the Record Straight as to 'The Crisis of Accountability'..."
     -- enclosing Spitzer's May 1, 2002 Law Day speech at the NY Court of Appeals: "The Crisis of Accountability"

CJA's May 21, 2002 notice -- "RE: Upholding Fundamental Ethical Standards of Professional Responsibility and Discharging your Duty as 'The People's Lawyer'..."

CJA's July 3, 2002 notice -- "RE: Upholding Fundamental Ethical Standards of Professional Responsibility and Discharging your Duty as 'The People's Lawyer'..."

CJA's November 21, 2002 notice --"RE: Upholding Fundamental Ethical Standards of Professional Responsibility and Discharging your Duty as 'The People's Lawyer'..."

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CJA's ETHICS & CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS
AGAINST ATTORNEY ELIOT SPITZER PERSONALLY
[as referred-to in CJA's
media-ignored story proposals]

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        SEE: Searching for Champions-State-NY:
                               New York State Ethics Commission

CJA's March 26, 1999 ethics complaint to NYS Ethics Commission vs A.G. Spitzer for conflict of interest & protectionism
         Ex. A: Public Officers Law
         Ex. B: Transcript, January 27, 1999, Eliot Spitzer, event sponsored by NYLJ & City Bar
         Ex. C: "Spitzer Claims Victory: And Now, the Litigation", NYLJ, November 20, 1998
         Ex. D: "Republicans Get a Pass From Spitzer -- for Now", NY Observer, February 8, 1999
         Ex. E: "FREE-FOR-ALL: A special report: ALBANY IS FAILING IN EFFORT TO LIMIT CAMPAIGN
                     DONORS, NYT, December 28, 1998

CJA's September 15, 1999 supplemental ethics complaint to NYS Ethics Commission vs A.G. Spitzer for his violation of conflict of ethics rules & litigation misconduct in Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc. v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York
           Ex. A: Gov Pataki's September 9, 1999 appointment of Millane to Ethics Commission
           Ex. B: CJA's April 15, 1997 letter to Gov. Pataki
           Ex. C: Gov Pataki's appointment of Shechtman to Ethics Commission
           Ex. D: CJA's June 9, 1997 letter to Ethics Commission
           Ex. E: Gov. Pataki's appointment of Shechtman to Ethics Commission
           Ex. F: CJA's April 23, 1999 letter to Ethics Commission
           Ex. G-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad,
                         NYLJ, August 27, 1997
           Ex. G-2: "Assistants' Lapses Not Tolerated by Vacco", Asst. A.G. ltr to editor, NYLJ, May 16, 1997
           Ex. H-1: CJA's September 19, 1995 letter to A.G. Vacco
           Ex. H-2: CJA's January 13, 1998 letter to A.G. Vacco
           Ex. I-1: September 1, 1999 letter from A.G. Spitzer's Counsel to Sassower
           Ex. I-2: CJA's August 6, 1999 letter to A.G. Spitzer's Counsel

                 SEE: record in Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability Inc.,

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SEE: Press Suppression: Special Topics-Skewing & Subverting the Elections:
NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL ELIOT SPITZER [from 1999-onward]

Press Suppression: EXPOSING THE PRESS COVER-UP OF THE "BIGGEST LESSON OF ALL"
in the Spitzer Fiasco -- The Press as Mr. Spitzer's "Enablers"

Searching for Champions (Correspondence) NYS

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer

Post Office Box 8101, White Plains, New York 10602Tel: (914) 421-1200e-mail: mail@judgewatch.org

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Tel: (914) 421-1200
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