Trenton, NJ – It has cost New Jersey taxpayers $8.2 million for Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s private attorneys handling the fallout from the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case.
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Invoices released by the attorney general show Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher billed the state $202,000 from September to March. The firm previously billed $8 million since being hired in January 2014.
That comes on top of $2.3 million the Christie administration has paid a risk management firm. That brings billings from the legal team to $10.5 million.
Separately, the legislature has paid $1.2 million to a law firm for an investigation of the bridge case and another $1.2 million has been spent for legal expenses for state employees who were questioned or received subpoenas.
Former Christie allies are charged in the case; he is not.
The lawyers belong in jail.
actually Christie belongs in jail.
Non-union employees have not seen a raise since Christie became governor;
At the same time, all State employees have seen their paychecks reduced every six months since 2010, due to increased deductions;
Cost of living adjustments have been eliminated from all pensions;
Christie paints NJ pensions as exorbitant, even though the NJ State pension system rated 48th out of 50 in benefits to retirees in a widely published 2014 study;
He reneges on his much touted 2009 Pension Legislation pledge to fund the pension system, a move described as “immoral” in the NJ Supreme Court decision reluctantly upholding the technical legality of the renege;
Meanwhile:
Christie brags about his joint checking account with his 1% spouse;
Governor’s Office staff get regular raises;
Eight senior Christie appointees have either pleaded guilty to felonies or are under investigation;
Christie travels to Dallas Football games at the Taxpayer expense; and
Taxpayers are paying between $8 and $10 for Christie’s attorneys in “Bridgegate.”
What a guy that Christie
Correction to my #3:
Taxpayers are paying between $8 million and $10 million for Christie’s attorneys in “Bridgegate.”