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NY judge orders release of Spitzer wiretaps

The government must release sealed documents that could reveal new details about the origins and scope of the prostitution investigation that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a judge ruled Thursday.

The written decision in federal court in Manhattan by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said the documents name 67 people besides Spitzer who were clients of Emperor’s Club VIP, a high-end prostitute service. However, those names will be blacked out.

Rakoff wrote that the documents — FBI applications for wiretaps — should be unsealed “given the strong and obvious public interest in disclosure.” He ordered the government to make the material public by Tuesday.

“There is an obvious interest in obtaining information about the origins of an investigation that led, ultimately, to the resignation of the governor of New York,” the judge wrote.