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eporters whom he supported in the race, he would
reply, “I will simply say you both are close friends and
each would make a wonderful D.A.”
Asked to reconcile his description of Mr. Vance as a
friend with his decision not to report the relationship
during the jury questioning, Mr. Constantine
maintained that he had not been asked a direct
question about a relationship with the district attorney.
He also said that it was an “easily ascertainable fact
that I know and am friendly with many people,” and
that it was well known he had contributed to the
campaigns of Mr. Vance and Mr. Aborn.
“Do you think it’s hard for the D.A.’s office to keep track
of contributors at the $5k level?” he said by e-mail.
His relationships may have changed in recent years.
The New York Times/ - Politics, Sáb, 31 de Março de 2012
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After Mr. Spitzer resigned as governor, Mr.
Constantine wrote a book about his years as an
adviser. Many saw the book as a betrayal of trust. Mr.
Vance, for one, is said to have pulled away from Mr.
Constantine, and the two have not played tennis for
some time.
Still, Stephen Gillers, a legal-ethics professor at New
York University, said Mr. Constantine should have
revealed the relationship to allow the lawyers and
judge the opportunity to explore whether he should be
on the jury.
“The critical fact is that while Constantine may have
believed that the friendship was not so strong as to
disqualify him from the jury,” Professor Gillers said,
“the law gives others the right to make that decision.”
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