The Smoking Gun

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  • The Smoking Gun website posts legal documents, arrest records, mug shots and other primary sources, often making such information publicly available for the first time. The site is owned by TruTV, formerly CourtTV, which occasionally airs a TV show based on the site's unique style of behind-the-scenes reporting.
  • Significant Cases:

    1. January 2006: Revealed that portions of James Frey's bestselling memoir, A Million Little Pieces, were fictionalized.
    2. March 2008: Published parts of the FBI affidavit examining the investigation of the Emperors Club VIP escort service, revealing that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was a customer going under the name "Client 9".
  • Fast Facts:

    1. Launched: 1997
    2. Founders: William Bastone and Daniel Green
    3. The founders were former journalists for The Village Voice
    4. Most documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act

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