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Eliot Spitzer, Former Governor of New York

Carrie Gracie talks crashes -- personal and financial - with the man who led investigations into America's financial giants before resigning over a sex scandal

Eliot Spitzer was the toast of New York. As the city's Attorney General he exposed financial fraud at the highest levels and went on to be elected Governor and was even tipped as a future president.

But then he had a dramatic fall from grace. He was identified as having paid for sex with prostitutes, resigned, and was forced to stand by and watch as the financial crash exposed exactly the problems he made a target years before.

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28 minutes

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Mon 16 Nov 2009 04:32GMT

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  • Sat 14 Nov 2009 18:32GMT
  • Sun 15 Nov 2009 07:32GMT
  • Sun 15 Nov 2009 15:32GMT
  • Mon 16 Nov 2009 04:32GMT

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