Damn, the guy isn't even sworn in yet, and his honeymoon is
already over.
The chummy relationship between California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger headed south Thursday when Schwarzenegger accused the AG of violating attorney-client privilege for talking about sexual abuse allegations against the actor-turned-politician.
Lockyer discussed the alleged improprieties at a news conference Thursday morning. He said they would continue to be a problem and said he had advised Schwarzenegger to enlist an independent investigator to clear things up.
"I think that it's a stain on his reputation and administration to still have these doubts," Lockyer said.
Schwarzenegger shot back a few hours later, when his spokesman Rob Stutzman accused Lockyer of violating attorney ethics by divulging what the pair had talked about in a series of meetings held since the Oct. 7 recall. Stutzman said he didn't know why Lockyer would breach lawyer-client confidentiality but that maybe the AG was motivated by politics or just "poor lawyering."
Stutzman also announced that Schwarzenegger will indeed hire an independent investigator, but now the results of the inquiry might not be turned over to Lockyer, as the new governor had planned.
The sexual allegations will be a major headache for Arnold, despite what his own "private investigation" may turn up (is that laughable or what?).