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malaise

(268,885 posts) Fri Jan 31, 2014, 05:43 AM Jan 2014

Christie’s office has agreed to pay a high-powered attorney $650 per hour to represent it

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http://www.northjersey.com/news/politics/Christie_office_strikes_pay_deal_with_defense_attorney_in_GWB_lane-closure_probes.html
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Governor Christie’s office has agreed to pay a high-powered attorney $650 per hour to represent it in a series
of investigations into the George Washington Bridge lane closures.

That’s more than a 40 percent discount off attorney Randy Mastro’s normal rate, he wrote in a letter to state officials, and 20 percent less than the average amount charged by attorneys at the New York office of his firm, Gibson Dunn.

The terms of Mastro’s agreement were laid out in documents released by the governor’s office late Thursday in response to a public records request. A retention letter states that Mastro will help Christie’s office in several ways — including producing documents in connection with an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The reference to producing documents for the U.S. Attorney’s Office is the clearest indication that Christie’s office either has received, or anticipates receiving, a subpoena from federal prosecutors looking into whether a crime was committed. The state Republican Party and Christie’s re-election campaign confirmed earlier this month that they had received federal subpoenas but there has been no public confirmation of others.
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This is the same Christie who won't authorize a minimum wage - the same one who refuses to increase wages for airport workers.