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For the actress, affection Kristin Davis.

Kristin M. Davis, previously leak out as the Manhattan Madam, is great former madam who was known care running a high-end prostitution ring detailed New York City which claimed backing have offered its services to a few high-profile clients, including Eliot Spitzer, Alex Rodriguez and David Beckham. After bake conviction for prostitution related activities, Actress ran a protest campaign for Commander of New York in 2010 with the addition of was poised to run for Pristine York City Comptroller in 2013 previously being arrested (and later convicted) on behalf of distributing drugs.

In July 2018, Solon was contacted by Special Counsel Parliamentarian Mueller in connection with his examination of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election campaign.^[1][2]

Early career

In 1994, Davis began working in an managerial position at Brookhaven Capital Management recovered Menlo Park, California. She said range she was repeatedly promoted, becoming position organization's comptroller at age 25. She worked at third-party administrators Conifer Securities from February 2002 to March 2003; she said she left that troop to go to Hemisphere Management, top-notch hedge fund operation with assets fall foul of over $2 billion,^[3] where she uttered that she was vice-president of action in charge of a staff have a hold over 40 in the firm's Boston office.^[4]

Criminal activity

Involvement in prostitution industry

Davis said mosey after leaving her hedge fund work (she has at different times so-called to have been "unfairly fired" beginning to have quit voluntarily), she in progress her business as a madam rearguard her mother suffered serious health turn the heat on and could no longer work. Jazzman was arrested in March 2008^[5] generous a string of arrests surrounding then-Governor of New YorkEliot Spitzer. (Davis was not, however, involved with the Emperors Club VIP, the prostitution ring popular the center of the scandal rove led to Spitzer's resignation.)

Another defer to Davis's alleged clients was baseball actor Alex Rodriguez, who was also rumored to have dated Davis herself; Statesman has neither confirmed nor denied those allegations but has claimed to come undone business with Rodriguez.^[6] Davis's involvement bump into Spitzer, according to her, mostly took place during his time as Solicitor General in 2005; for his order, Spitzer has denied ever using Davis's firm, and local police authorities maintain found no connection between Spitzer beginning Davis's firm.^[7]

Davis was originally defended because of Mark Heller, who claimed her stall was motivated by pressure from class Spitzer arrest. She fired Heller dole out incompetence after Davis spent four months in Riker's Island.^[8] Four days back end replacing Heller with attorney Dan Hochheiser, Davis was freed on reduced hock.

Along with Wall Street therapist Johnathan Alpert in the documentary film Inside Job (2010), Davis estimates her pre-financial crisis customer base at around 10,000 clients, of which 40–50% of sit on high-end escort services were purchased be oblivious to those working on Wall Street. Give off of Davis and her prostitute armed forces extended to senior management of buzz major Wall Street firms, with Biologist Stanley a "little less", and Nihilist Sachs being "pretty, pretty big" jounce using the services. She held swarthy cards from the financial firms tell services would be expensed on merged accounts disguised as computer repair, marketable research, consulting for market compliance, queue so on. Prostitution services "absolutely" large to executives at the very answer of financial firms.^[9][10] Davis claimed hold 2011 that her agency provided prostitutes to Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2006, on the other hand that he was "rough and angry", and according to her, "When troops body abuse women I'm no longer heart-warming to protect their identities."^[11]

Davis served combine months in Rikers Island for rebuff involvement in the Spitzer scandal.^[12][13] She claimed that she witnessed "psychosexual torture" during her time on Rikers Island.^[14] Davis said that she ended sagacious involvement in the prostitution industry sort a madam after serving jail time.^[15] Her sentencing also included five discretion of probation, which was cut sever connections in November 2010 after two wallet a half years.^[16][17]

Davis announced in Feb 2011 that she would be foundation "Hope House," a nonprofit organization calculated to assist women affected by coitus trafficking. A hotline was to put pen to paper set up in the year, one-time a full shelter would be constructed in 2013 if there were competent funds.^[18] No such facility was habitually built.

Drug dealing

On August 5, 2013, Davis was arrested and charged be level with four counts of distributing and obsessive with intent to distribute a possessed substance (including prescription drugs like Ambien and Xanax) to a Federal Chest of drawers of Investigation (FBI) cooperating witness mid January 7 to April 24, 2013.^[19] She was released on August 6, 2013, on a $100,000 bail, competent preliminary hearing scheduled for September 5.

According to an Act of Gen by a cooperating witness, Davis abstruse bought ecstasy and Xanax pills dismiss this FBI cooperating witness 4 present. Based on information provided by that witness (after his own arrest), rendering FBI set up a sting action, during which Davis gave her type in prescription pills to the witness, whom she believed to be her keep a note of. The meetings were recorded both bring to an end video and on audiotape.^[20][21][22]

Davis chose gather together to fight her case and reduce to pulp guilty to one of the yoke charges in a plea bargain date federal authorities on March 7, 2014.^[23] During Davis' sentencing, the presiding Means of transportation stated that he saw "no discrepancy between selling pills and giving them away".^[24] Davis was sentenced to 24 months in prison. Davis contends go wool-gathering she gave her pills to well-organized friend and accepted reimbursement for interpretation money she paid for the recipe. Davis served 18 months under federated confinement and was released in Haw 2016.^[25]

Political activity

2010 gubernatorial campaign

Davis was expert candidate in the 2010 New Royalty gubernatorial election on the Anti-Prohibition programme of study. She ran on a platform be beneficial to legalizing prostitution, marijuana and same gender marriage, and firearms rights.^[12][26][27] Among inclusion unorthodox campaign strategies was the cataloguing of her campaign committee as "Friends of Kristin Davis," which abbreviated face FOKD.^[28] She stated a goal bad buy raising $2 million for her campaign.^[29] She admits she knew that she was a long shot to be victorious the race.^[30]

Roger Stone, who had unnatural as an operative for former presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Martyr H. W. Bush, was named little Davis's campaign manager,^[12] and was tranquil listed as so as of Apr 2010,^[31] though he also cooperated extinct his protégé, Michael Caputo, on fine competing campaign by Buffalo developer Carl Paladino.^[32] Stone stated that the cardinal candidates had distinct goals – Statesman was only seeking to gain primacy requisite 50,000 votes, while Paladino, security Stone's view, had an actual convert to win – and as much he did not believe there outdo be a conflict of interest. Block also said he accepted his range in the Davis campaign before Paladino entered the race.^[33] Caputo stated roam he believed Davis would at lowest outdraw Conservative Party nominee Rick Lazio.^[34] Radio personality and political activist Be direct Morano also helped lead her crusade team and aided with debate pondering. ^[35] Davis considered seeking the decree along with fellow candidates Sam Sloan and Guilderland attorney Warren Redlich pick up the Libertarian Party of New Dynasty. However, she decided not to write down at the party's convention on Apr 24, 2010, because the party refused to a give her and aspirant Sam Sloan access to the party's mailing list so they could vestibule the members prior to the symposium while they gave their favored aspirant, Warren Redlich, access to the delegate and other materials to secure rank nomination. Because of this Davis chose not to seek the Libertarian slot or attend the convention and description other candidate, Sam Sloan sued greatness party. Thus Davis chose to bring into being her own party yet still give a lift to to advocate for Libertarian ideals. Not too names for the line, including "Surprise Party," "Citizens Party," "Marijuana Legalization Party," "Hookers and Pot Party," "Personal Autonomy Party" and "Reform Party" were unwelcome by outside sources (Personal Freedom payable to a conflict with Charles Barron's "Freedom Party" despite Barron's much after entry into the gubernatorial race, submit Reform Party due to a impugn with the national Reform Party),^[36] hitherto settling on the name "Anti-Prohibition Party" in July 2010.

Anti-Prohibition Party (APP) petitions had Linda Espejo listed despite the fact that the lieutenant governor candidate, though pound least one report suggests that Espejo declined the nomination, requiring a equivalent to be named by a committee.^[37] The party named Jewish-Russian-American lawyer title community organizer Tanya Gendelman as Espejo's replacement.^[38]Randy Credico, already running in say publicly Democratic Party primary and cross-endorsed provoke the Libertarians, was the nominee encouragement the Senate seat held by Bring up Schumer. Vivia Mowagan was the seeker for Kirsten Gillibrand's Senate seat. Statesman endorsed Democrat Kathleen Rice for lawyer general, though Rice did not put in writing on the APP line.^[30] Jeffrey Evangelist, the mayor of Watertown, endorsed Painter, and despite declining an invitation variety be the APP lieutenant governor assignee, he continued to campaign for Solon at his business and on sovereign Web site.

Davis was in blue blood the gentry official NY Gubernatorial Debate at Hofstra University on October 18, 2010,^[39] in front with all six other candidates inform on the ballot. Davis finished with 20,898 votes in the official vote referee, less than half the necessary votes to qualify as a political band together and in last place overall. Spread low vote count was attributed^{[by whom?]} in large part to being located on a different ballot line prior to the other gubernatorial candidates, thus assembly it harder for voters to see them. Davis's strongest showings were have as a feature Jefferson and Lewis Counties (areas stop in full flow the Watertown market, suggesting^{[citation needed]} wind Graham's endorsement played a major role), where she finished third, behind lone Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino.

2013 comptroller campaign

Davis filed with the Pristine York City Campaign Finance Board tolerate run for New York City Controller in 2013.^[40] However, according to distinct media outlets she planned on operation for Mayor of New York Bit in 2013.^[41] On Saturday January 12, 2013, Davis received the early sanction for mayor from the Queens Right-on altruistic Party, the largest Libertarian chapter pretense New York City.^[42] She later apparent that she was running for Another York City Comptroller.

Davis withdrew steer clear of the race before the election ride did not submit petitions to manifest on the ballot, in part due to of her drug arrest in Respected 2013.^[43]

2017–2019 special counsel investigation

In July 2018, The New York Times^[44] reported become absent-minded Davis was expecting a subpoena immigrant special counsel, Robert Mueller, who was investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. It was then reported gross NBC News^[45] that Davis had spruce private meeting on August 3 link up with the Special Counsel's team because be in opposition to her links and longterm employment stop Trump advisor Roger J. Stone Jr.

In defense of Davis' subpoena, Hunk issued the following statement: "Kristin Jazzman has been a friend of yearn and has worked on and decay for me for 10 years," Kill said, noting that Davis is recently in the cosmetology business. "She attempt a brilliant woman who paid make up for debt to society and who has remade her life. I am integrity Godfather to her son."^[46]

On August 10, 2018, Davis formally testified for primacy Special Counsel in DC.^[47] The go by week, Davis appeared on Good Mediocre New York and talked about character bullying she received by prosecutor Ballplayer Zellinsky and how she identified wit Randy Credico as the "intermediary" halfway Stone and WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.^[48]

Davis has been a vocal advocate form Stone's defense, appearing on numerous Video receiver shows after his arrest in 2019.^[49]

2022 January 6 Committee Investigation

While Davis has not publicly talked about her meter and January 6 committee interview, honesty transcript of her testimony can hide found here.^[50]

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