Was Larry Flynt responsible for Vitter coming clean?
That's what Political Wire says.
A call from Hustler magazine may have prompted Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) to expose his past with an escort service run by the so-called D.C. Madam, ABC News reports. Vitter issued a statement last night confirming that he had used the now-defunct service.
Last week, a judge ordered Deborah Jeane Palfrey to "turn over phone records for her service from 1993 to 2006 to Washington, D.C. investigative reporter and author Dan Moldea, with whom she is writing a book... Moldea, who also works as an investigator for Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, contacted Flynt with the information."
It's a hell of a note when a porn king uncovers more news than all major US news outlets combined.