Vitter spared trip to witness stand in prostitution trial

Source: CNN/AP

April 14, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. David Vitter will not have to testify about his ties to an upscale Washington escort service, a defense attorney said Monday, sparing the Louisiana Republican an embarrassing trip to the witness stand.

Vitter has been on notice for more than a week that he could have to appear during the prostitution trial of Deborah Palfrey. Palfrey's attorney, Preston Burton, said he would rest his case Monday without calling Vitter or any other witnesses.

Vitter has acknowledged being involved with Palfrey's escort service and has apologized for what he called "a very serious sin." He has since avoided most follow-up questions. That would have been tough to do on the witness stand. During the weeklong trial, men have testified about how they found the service, how often they called, what they were hoping for and whether they got it during their 90-minute, $250 visits.

Prosecutors kept Vitter off their witness list but he was named on Palfrey's defense list. It is unclear exactly what Vitter would have said to help the defense. Her previous attorney had said he wanted to question the first-term senator about what services he paid for and whether any of his visits included illegal activity....

The senator was elected in 2004 after representing Louisiana's 1st Congressional District in the House from 1999 to 2004. Vitter and his wife Wendy have four children....

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/14/vitter-spared-trip-to-witness-stand-in-prostitution-trial/

"I know he 'claimed' that I had forgiven him for breaking his marriage vows, and being such a freaking republicon chickenhawk hypocrite so-called Christian by having depraved and patently amoral and illegal diaper sex with a hooker, but he has been such an arrogant republicon homelander ass ever since that he remains UNFORGIVEN."

- Jeebus

So Spitzer gets the door and Vitter gets a pass?
This is such crap.

Vitter may not have a place to get his diaper changed there.
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Come on, everybody. Vote it up!

the one in which the defense attorney was threatened with personal disaster -- at the very least a tax audit -- if he called Vitter to the stand to embarrass the GOP in an election year.

I'm sure he was threatened -- not directly, but indirectly -- with all sorts of things.

The threat would have been third hand, come from a friend, and offered as "friendly advice," but the meaning would have been crystal clear. You'll never work in this town again.

to put a Repuke under oath, do you?

IOKIYAR

so sick of this shit...

That's what Vitter's hooker said after she changed his diaper!
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