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Meanwhile, after terminating his gubernatorial bid, [David Paterson] said he felt a bit relieved. Now, he believed he could "think about the world for the next 306 days where I could make decisions and I won't have to hear a robotic response from the Legislature that he's doing this for politics, he's doing this to get the poll numbers up, he's doing to this to run against the Legislature because we're more unpopular than he is," he explained. "I won't have to hear that. There are plenty of governors who, in their last year of office, or term-limited governors in the final year of their term have been able to accomplish a lot."
Here's what we think we know: Last Halloween, [David Johnson] allegedly attacked [Booker] in their apartment, bruising her and stopping her from calling the police. Subsequently, Booker obtained an order of protection against Johnson. During her first court date, the mainstream media reported that she said she had been approached by the state police, who sought to stop her from appearing in court. In between court dates, Booker was approached by [Peterson]'s aides, the Times reported, and allegedly it's those phone conversations that are at the crux of the case.[...] anything from an ongoing investigation, one in which Paterson himself requested that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo conduct, is risky and foolhardy.See the full content of this document
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Paterson Demands: Facts, Not Fiction
Each day, since the New York Times began a series of articles on Gov. David Paterson's aide David Johnson, accused of domestic violence, the situation gets a little graver for the embattled governor.
It is time the governor gets his story out th...See the full content of this document
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