Oh man, this story's getting soo great. From the Blotter at ABC, viaatrios:
Well before it was publicly known he was seeing her, then-married New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani provided a police driver and city car for his mistress Judith Nathan, former senior city officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
"She used the PD as her personal taxi service," said one former city official who worked for Giuliani.
More goodies:
The former officials told ABCNews.com the extra costs involved overtime and per diem costs for officers traveling with Giuliani to secret weekend rendezvous with Nathan in the fashionable Hamptons resort area on Long Island.
When the New York City comptroller began to question the accounting, Mayor Giuliani's office declined to provide details to city security, officials told ABCNews.com today.
Looks like he's gonna have to face the music on this:
The Giuliani campaign said it would provide a former deputy mayor, Randy Mastro, to respond to the allegations later today.
Giuliani is expected to appear on CNBC at 6 p.m. today to answer questions about the accounting procedures.
Good luck explaining that one away Rudy!
To be clear, these expenses were for a time when Rudy was still married and when the affair was still a secret. And they appear to be for Judi - not himself, as he swore last night those hidden expenses were. This story's got MAJOR LEGS and, IMHO, has gotta bring his campaign to a crashing halt.
UPDATE: Of course, just because this story has major legs, it doesn't mean the press will necessarily cover it:
Earlier today we heard that Rudy was going to appear on Jim Cramer's show to address the Shag Fund questions... Interview has just ended. Not a single question about the Shag Fund. Issue of the day apparently is tariff policy.
What the hell does this "journalist" get paid for anyway? He's got a major developing scandal involving the GOP frontrunner and taxpayer funding of both illicit sex and the chauffeuring of said frontrunner's mistress, and he spends his time on tariff policy.
I guess if the scandal isn't about Hillary's boobs or Obama's fake Muslim roots, it's off the table.