WASHINGTON -- The "D.C. Madam" served a subpoena Tuesday on Sen. David Vitter, R-La., requiring him to testify about his use of the Washington, D.C., escort service federal prosecutors say was a prostitution ring.
The subpoena calls on the freshman senator to testify at a federal court hearing Nov. 28 looking into the business operations of the $2 million escort service Deborah Jeane Palfrey operated in the nation's capital for 13 years.
Vitter has acknowledged being a client of Palfrey's company, Pamela Martin & Associates, and his telephone number appeared six times in the firm's phone records between 1999 and 2001, when he was a member of the House of Representatives. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004.
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Palfrey's attorney, Montgomery Sibley, said Vitter is being summoned to testify about what transpired during his sessions with the escorts. Sibley said he thinks Vitter might have been a client of Neble, and the subpoena also requires him to show up with any records relating to her or the service.
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Vitter declined to say whether he would honor Palfrey's subpoena or challenge it. A spokesman said, "Sen. Vitter is completely focused on critical Louisiana priorities in the U.S. Senate."
Uh huh. Riiiiiight.
