Posted by The New York Times does not have the right to gain access to sealed applications for wiretaps in the investigation of the prostitution ring once patronized by former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday.
The panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York overruled a lower court judge’s order in February granting the newspaper’s application for information on wiretaps of the “Emperor’s Club” ring.
Spitzer, a Democrat, resigned as governor on March 17 last year after the government charged four people with running a high-priced prostitution ring. Spitzer was identified by The New York Times as a client.
