By Greg Hazley
Lance Armstrong has brought in Democratic PR consultant Mark Fabiani as the cyclist handles the legal and image fallout from being probed by federal prosecutors in a doping inquiry.
Armstrong’s former teammate Floyd Landis got the ball rolling toward Armstrong when he accused the seven-time Tour de France winner of using performance-enhancing drugs. Landis was stripped of the Tour title last year for testing positive.
Fabiani, a counselor to the Clintons during the Whitewater hearings, joined Goldman Sachs’ PR roster in April. He is a partner in Fabiani & Lehane with former Al Gore press secretary and Democratic operative Chris Lehane.
The New York Times reported earlier this month that federal prosecutors and investigators had uncovered testimony of “widespread cheating” on the Post Service team that included Armstrong and Landis.
ESPN first reported Armstrong’s hiring of Fabiani, who said in a statement: “"We're prepared to deal forthrightly with the improper and misleading leaks that so far have unfortunately characterized this unfair, Floyd Landis-inspired inquiry."
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