Albany, NY – Gov. Spitzer Turns Over Records To Ethics Panel.

Albany, NY – Gov. Eliot Spitzer has turned over records to the state Ethics Commission that is investigating a plot by his aides to use state police against Republican Senate leader Joseph Bruno, but Republicans say an independent prosecutor without ties to the Democrat is needed.

“We’re cooperating and voluntarily handing them over,” said Spitzer spokeswoman Christine Anderson. The records were delivered Friday and are the same e-mails and other documents turned over to the Attorney General’s and Inspector General’s offices, she said. They include e-mails involving Secretary to the Governor Rich Baum, she said. [ap]