August 18, 2009 - 11:34am
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Corzine slams Christie on loan to Brown

Gov. Jon Corzine today with Mayor James Kennedy in Rahway.

RAHWAY - Gov. Jon Corzine says that a personal loan given by GOP gubernatorial candidate Christopher Christie to the second in command at the U.S. Attorney's office calls into question the politicization of the federal prosecutor's office.

"Just as did the conversations he had with Karl Rove," the governor added, referring to testimony by the former Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who said he talked to Christie about prospective political aspirations while Christie served as U.S. Attorney.

Corzine admitted he has loaned money to people who worked for him  -- "of course," he said -- but stressed that has nothing to do with his rival's $46,000 mortgage loan to Michele Brown, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney.

"My opponent has an ad, 'Watch what he does, not what he says,' critical of me, but by not reporting the income from this loan, my opponent is not doing what he says," Corzine said.

Max Pizarro is a PolitickerNJ.com Reporter and can be reached via email at max@politicsnj.com.