Down memory lane with Chris Christie - Must read

[malaise]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/nyregion/13christie.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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In the six years that he has been the United States attorney for New Jersey, Christopher J. Christie has investigated freeholders and governors, party hacks and United States senators, winning indictments against Republicans and Democrats alike and obtaining convictions or guilty pleas against more than 125 public officials without losing a case.

But today Mr. Christie finds himself challenged over the way he has conducted business. He recently drew the attention of the Justice Department’s criminal division and Congress after awarding tens of millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to his friends and political allies.

In the coming months, he may face more scrutiny if the Government Accountability Office, as requested, investigates one of those contracts, worth at least $28 million, awarded to his previous boss, John Ashcroft, the former United States attorney general, to monitor a medical-prosthetics company after it acknowledged defrauding consumers.

[arthritisR_US]

1. Well, if nothing else, he is consistent ;) nt

[Cha]

2. Long history of abusive assholery.

A Defamation Case

"Mr. Christie’s critics say he well knows the political damage a candidate can suffer from even the specter of an investigation. When he ran for freeholder in the mid-1990s, he was sued for defamation for falsely accusing a political opponent of being the target of a criminal inquiry. Mr. Christie ultimately offered a public apology as part of a settlement."

thanks malaise

[jsr]

3. Yes, this is a must read.