New York Times: Michele Brown may have aided Christie candidacy

It's time for Christie to admit it - he promised the AG's job to Michele and, in return, she helped him manipulate the office for political gain. Another sad New Jersey case of greed and ego run amok.

Just imagine all the dirt that would emerge if Ms Brown ever came clean...all the way, about her relationship with Christie.

No doubt what has come out in the NYT is just the tip of a large iceberg.  And I quote.....

 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/nyregion/20brown.html?pagewanted=all

>>>>>>>"In August, Mr. Marra defended the office’s handling of the Freedom of Information requests and denied that Ms. Brown oversaw the process, saying she only supplied records relating to her own travel.

Yet only after Ms. Brown’s departure, five months after the requests were submitted, were the first two voluminous batches of records released.

Those records, which the Corzine campaign has parceled out to news organizations, have already proved embarrassing to Mr. Christie. News stories last week said the records showed Mr. Christie often stayed at expensive hotels on the taxpayers’ dime, routinely exceeding per diem rates set for Justice Department officials.

Additional records provided in raw form by the Corzine campaign and analyzed by The Times show that Ms. Brown accompanied Mr. Christie on 16 trips, the bulk of them in 2007 and 2008. They were often accompanied by a junior prosecutor, Kevin O’Dowd.

In August 2008 Mr. Christie’s wife, Mary Pat, joined him, Ms. Brown, and Mr. O’Dowd for a trip to London, where Mr. Christie spoke at a meeting of compliance officers at another one of the companies his office had investigated in the investigation of makers of artificial hips and knees. Mr. O’Dowd left early, while the Christies and Ms. Brown stayed on for two more days in the Park Lane Hotel. Mr. Christie paid his wife’s airfare, but the government covered the couple’s and Ms. Brown’s $401-per-night lodgings. Mr. O’Dowd declined comment.

Mr. Christie and Ms. Brown also traveled to the Venetian casino hotel in Las Vegas last year, where he addressed a sales convention of still another one of the hip and knee makers.

Mr. Christie’s in-state travel has also been questioned. He put in for more than $20,000 in mileage reimbursements during his seven-year tenure, including many trips that his public schedules indicate were made for personal or political reasons.

A die-hard Mets fan, Mr. Christie put in for $73 in mileage costs for a round-trip drive to Philadelphia on a night his schedule noted an away game against the Phillies."<<<<<<<

If Christie gave a crap about the Republican party or about the people of New Jersey he would drop out of the race and give Daggett a clean shot......but Christie's oversized ego and hubris have no bounds.

If there is any justice the most recent revelations will lead to a criminal investigation and prosecution for both of these former prosecutors!

I dare say that, face with the possibility of going to prison that Brown will roll over and squeal like a piglet........IF there is a real investigation/prosecution...and that might take a special prosecutor since so many of the folks whose job that would be may also have conflicting interests.

Maybe now Jon Cirzine will take the gloves off and seriously begin to criticize Chistie.

Corzine should win this by twenty points.....that's how much of a sleazaball hypocrite is Mr Christie.   I've been saying he's a sleaze for years and now the proof is emerging drop by acid drop.

PS

Good thing the NYT is still around to get these stories that the NJ press doesn't/won't print.  At least the NYT will listen to whistle blowers now and then and actually print the story!  
 

This is the problem when newspapers take it upon themselves to endorse political candidates. They make themselves part of the game and not the fair moderator for the people that they are suppose to be. It's hard to give the NYT respect or credibility as a fair journalism outlet when you know they are endorsing candidates.

If you honestly don't think Corzine isn't using his millions to pay for support, you are fooling yourself.

The NY Times = National Inquirer.... unnamed sources who are possibly pissed about not getting promoted, not getting the "plum" prosecutions....this whole thing is laughable.

Nick Lento and other J.O's have some pre mature fun---Christie will win by 2.

...that we have not yet heard about ALL of the services rendered by Michele Brown?

You know, in exchange for her private loan from Mr. Christie.

= things for things

That classic scheme for which they prosecuted scores of other sleazy politicians.

And the quid pro quo must involve an official government action for it to be a crime, slime. You know, like rushing some coordinated photo-op arrests, without regard for the effect it might have on the strength of the cases, so it'll look better for your loan grantor.

Like it or not, Corzine giving money to the Black ministers is not illegal without some very hard core proof of what that money is for. You can speculate all you want, but lacking proof, it is not illegal.

On the other hand, not reporting monies related to your campaign or to the IRS, IS ILLEGAL.

And, manipulating the US Attorney's office for political purposes is probably indictable. Let's see Mr. Christie's explanation on that one.

I love the spin... "and that Brown took a more active role than previously disclosed in filling Freedom of Information Act requests made by the Corzine campaign"

The Times accused Brown of stepping outside of her department and intercepting the the FOIA.

Further, she did play a more active roll, she buried the request in a pile of paperwork to prevent Corzine from getting the records.

Furthermore, same exact day the Department of Justice made Brown recuse herself because of clear conflict of interest. Also, the same day they told her to step away Corzine's request she resigned.

Again, way to put spin on this. Again, clear bias for the GOP and Christie on this site

....and unless the NYT is just making up sources and lying about the allegations, both Brown and Christie are criminals.

After the election there needs to be a Special Prosecutor appointed to get to the bottom of all these serious and substantial allegations.

And as for my prediction that Corzine will win; I note that my detractors remain anonymous and don't have the courage to use their own names.  LOL

Mind you, if Corzine ran the campaign I would have wanted him to run.....the win would be by 20 points!   As it is, Christie is self destructing as more and more bits of acidic truth drip drip drip onto his collapsing candidacy with each passing day....a Corzine win by about 5 points is quite likely.  :-)

Y'all should have nominated Daggett!  He would likely have won!!!

the oc.

Do your research. Michele took the request and buried it for 5 months. The same day the DOJ told her she couldn't handle it because of the conflict of interest she resigned.

Says the Times:

In March, when Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s campaign requested public records about Mr. Christie’s tenure as prosecutor, Ms. Brown interceded to oversee the responses to the inquiries, taking over for the staff member who normally oversaw Freedom of Information Act requests, according to federal law enforcement officials in Newark and Washington. The requested information included records about Mr. Christie’s travel and expenses, along with Ms. Brown’s travel records.

Alex - that story is being disputed by not only Brown but by the US Attorney's Office. Funny how the Times endorses Corzine then this story lands in their laps. Not my fault if you believe everything they write.

LMAO at Alex. You have been called out on not telling the truth (endorsements) and you obviously got suckered into believing the Times story. Doesn't surtprise me - you don't appear to be that smart.

Just about every single endorsement even the ones for Chrisitie call him out on the fact he has no plan.

For example, this is from the supposed endorsement for Christie.

Asbury Park Press: Chris Christie has run a disappointing campaign

Asbury Park Press: Chris Christie made himself vulnerable on a number of ethics-related issues

Asbury Park Press: Chris Christie has provided no specific plan for property tax relief

Asbury Park Press: We're highly skeptical of Chris Christie's ability to balance the budget

Asbury Park Press: Chris Christie has failed to offer a coherent plan to address sky-high property taxes

Asbury Park Press: Voters are disenchanted with Corzine and Christie

Dagget is toast. Time to get a grip onb reality Alex.