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Whoa! Carl Kruger To Surrender To US Attorney Tomorrow

by: phillip anderson

Wed Mar 09, 2011 at 18:06:15 PM EST

Breaking, as they say, from Josh Robin

Excl - Brooklyn State Senator Carl Kruger turning himself in to US Atty tomorrow, say sources. On ny1 soon w details.

Developing...

UPDATE: As Roatti points out in the comments, perhaps this shouldn't be such a surprise after this from last week:

Lawyer pleads guilty to lying to feds in corruption probe of state Sen. Carl Kruger

A Brooklyn lawyer pleaded guilty Tuesday to lying to the feds in a corruption probe of state Sen. Carl Kruger.
The FBI had been investigating whether Michael Levitis received favors from the powerful Brooklyn pol in exchange for campaign contributions.
They also asked whether he discussed holding a fund-raiser at the popular Rasputin's supper club with Kruger.
Levitis denied having talks with Kruger about a fund-raiser, but admitted Tuesday that he lied.
Kruger is not named in papers filed in Brooklyn Federal Court, but multiple sources confirmed he was a subject of the investigation.
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"Michael had the great misfortune of getting caught up with the wrong, dirty group of people - Albany politicians," said defense lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman.

UPDATE II: Cap Con has more, says Kruger will be processed "on several charges" tomorrow.

The person said Kruger would be "processed on several charges," but details regarding them were not immediately clear. Kruger has reportedly been in the cross-hairs of federal prosecutors since 2008 for allegedly requiring political campaign contributions in return for officials favors.

Ooof!

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Brooklyn smells better already!!! (4.00 / 4)

by: Roatti @ Wed Mar 09, 2011 at 23:17:21 PM UTC

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I guess it shouldn't be surprising, after this (4.00 / 4)

http://www.nydailynews.com/new...

by: Roatti @ Wed Mar 09, 2011 at 23:23:05 PM UTC

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Looks like I'll hopefully be getting a new state senator soon... (4.00 / 2)

I honestly have no idea who is going to run. Any word on if this is an indictment or if there's a plea deal already in the works?

by: Mets102 @ Wed Mar 09, 2011 at 23:28:10 PM UTC

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have a feeling (4.00 / 1)

we'll know more about exactly what is happening here pretty soon.

TODAY is day one. It always is.

by: phillip anderson @ Wed Mar 09, 2011 at 23:31:18 PM UTC

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If he's smart he'd have a pre-packaged plea deal... (4.00 / 1)

as politicians indicted by the feds for corruption don't exactly have the best record in achieving acquittals and it's unlikely the DOJ would indict unless they have him dead to rights.

by: Mets102 @ Wed Mar 09, 2011 at 23:35:12 PM UTC

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Hopefully there's someone (4.00 / 1)

like Gustavo Rivera who will be your next state senator.

by: devtob @ Thu Mar 10, 2011 at 01:00:56 AM UTC

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This is one weird-looking (4.00 / 2)

district, presumably over-loaded with Democrats by Boss Bruno's redistricting.

Check it out here.

Hopefully by the next general election it will be more compact and neighborhood-based.

by: devtob @ Thu Mar 10, 2011 at 01:21:31 AM UTC

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The district was drawn to (4.00 / 1)

pack in the white population. The district was 75% white 10 years ago, now the black population is increasing into some parts of the district.

by: GOP_RIP @ Thu Mar 10, 2011 at 02:41:35 AM UTC

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I Want To Say More (4.00 / 3)

Except right now my brian is LIVID over what's happened in Wisconsin. THE SOB REPUBLICANS THERE WILL PAY.

Anyway, Mets102 (and I'm a Met fan also) we seem to live in the same district and I can tell you there are those of us from the district and DFNYC who have been looking to get Kruger for a long time.

by: ROSALIE907 @ Thu Mar 10, 2011 at 01:38:19 AM UTC

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I'll pick this up on Gotham tomorrow. (4.00 / 2)

Because I seriously need to blog again.

by: Michael Bouldin @ Thu Mar 10, 2011 at 04:01:49 AM UTC

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Seriously Michael (4.00 / 3)

We've been missing you so I'm glad to see you posting here.

by: ROSALIE907 @ Thu Mar 10, 2011 at 04:36:16 AM UTC

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I Think I've Calmed Down (4.00 / 2)

And can now address the Kruger situation. In December I saw Kruger and told him that he was next ("2 down 2 to go and you should have seen how shocked he was to hear those words), so this comes as no surprise to me. Kruger has been in need of replacement for years but he's always flown under the radar. His "4 Amigos" opened him up for investigation and he should have known better but his greed got the best of him.

Now, this district is mainly Jewish, Russian and a fair amount of Asian. The Russians tend to vote Republican but will vote Democratic if one of their own is on the ballot. The Jewish voters will vote for family values (look at Kruger's vote against marriage equality) and this is where the Republicans will grab at them. The Asians I'm not too sure about and they can go either way. If Kruger is forced to resign we'll do better with a Russian/Jewish candidate that's more liberal but will still appeal to the conservative Jewish voters.

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