GOP to Stick With Atty. Gen. Candidate
Republican leaders said there were no plans to drop Jeanine Pirro as their candidate for New York attorney general after it was learned that she is under federal investigation over a plan to secretly record her unfaithful husband.
Pirro said she is determined to stay in the race and will seek a federal investigation into the leak of sealed court documents regarding her discussions with former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik about taping her husband.
Pirro said she had talked with Kerik about her desire to tape her husband and find out whether he was having another affair. But she denied any taping took place.
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