| Carl Kruger has got to be feeling the heat this morning as the Daily News revelas that the FBI listened in to 30,000 of his phone calls and collected over 100,000 pages of documents in his corruption and bribery investigation. In fact, I'm pretty sure Carl isn't the only one getting a little twitchy in Albany today...
FBI listened in on 30,000 phone calls during state Sen. Carl Kruger corruption investigation
Determined to nail state Sen. Carl Kruger, the FBI intercepted a mind-boggling 30,000 calls during the corruption investigation, it was disclosed Monday.
Manhattan federal prosecutors said they amassed 100,000 pages of documents during the probe, which culminated in the arrest of Kruger, fellow Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman William Boyland and six others on corruption charges.
Prosecutors said Kruger often spoke cryptically, at one point, warning his co-defendant, lobbyist Richard Lipsky that he was "anti-mail ... emails are never innocuous ... even the weather report."
That's quite a bit of documentation, folks. It looks more and more like the feds have Kruger right where they want him, which is sweating a long stretch in prison.
Given how Kruger has played footsie with both parties for so long, all while being a corrupt scumbag, I'd say that the chances that there are more than a few folks in Albany sweating bullets this morning is pretty good.
I'll just say that a man accustomed to living the way that Kruger has over the years, what with a mansion and a Bentley and all, probably isn't too keen on spending the rest of his natural life in the Big House... |
