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John Liu Is Tired of Being Investigated

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: New York City Comptroller John C. Liu attends the ribbon cutting ceremony at the grand opening of the Upper West Side's Century 21 department store on September 21, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images2011 Getty Images

The three-year-long investigation into Comptroller John C. Liu’s campaign finances has brought down two of his former staffers, but it has never touched him, and at a mayoral candidates’ forum on Thursday he let everyone know how tired he was of being investigated: “Three years of investigating. They wiretapped my phones for 18 months. They reviewed a million documents and messages. They interrogated thousands of my supporters. And yet, what do they have to show for it? It’s time to put up or shut up already.” That does sound awfully unpleasant.

John Liu Is Tired of Being Investigated