What does Rep. Vito Fossella have in common with O.J. Simpson, Patty Hearst and John Gotti?
The Staten Island GOP lawmaker has hired the same ex-NYPD gumshoes.
Private eyes James Harkins and John McNally are trying to keep Fossella out of jail on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge, the Daily News has learned.
The men, who snooped for the marquee defendants who were battling felony charges, are probing Fossella's wild night last month, which ended when he got plucked out of a drunk tank by his mistress, Laura Fay.
Fossella confidants confirmed the pair are interviewing workers at Washington's Logan Tavern, where bartenders said the congressman and a male pal were so drunk April 30 they got bounced.
Told of the big-city Mickey Spillane-types sniffing around his case, laid-back Alexandria Commonwealth's Attorney Randolph Sengel chuckled.
"Great," deadpanned the veteran prosecutor, upon learning of the duo's celebrity client list.
In Sengel's 28 years as a prosecutor, rarely has he seen a DWI defendant hire private eyes. "That's pretty unusual," he said yesterday.
Insert your own "If the gloves don't fit..." joke here.
