Last night, David Kurtz (nee TPM’s Reader DK) noted that the New York State Police demoted a 28-year veteran detective following the pre-election leak of a police report detailing a 9-1-1 domestic disturbance call from the house of Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY). Sweeney’s attorney insists he was the guy who leaked the police report to the press.
So Sweeney got his retribution, it would seem. But he should have been warned — whom the gods would destroy, they first make angry. And this morning, the story just turned sharply against Sweeney: This morning, the Albany Times-Union reports that the State Police may have faked a vague version of the original police report filed from the incident, to protect Sweeney in case the document became public:
State Police took steps to “lock up” a 911 report about a call to Congressman John Sweeney’s home last year by creating an alternate version that lacked key details, an informed source said Thursday.
The full report on the domestic incident was concealed because of concern it could be used against Sweeney during his re-election campaign this fall, the source said.
Since the emergency call did not result in any arrest — Sweeney and his wife, Gaia, called off the alert — State Police officials created a less specific version to guard against leaks of the original, according to the source.
