<--Chris Christie's list of investigations
(L)ook at the chronology:
* In January 2006, Chris Christie was on a list of US Attorney's who were being looked at for replacement.
* In September 2006, in the midst of a hard-fought US Senate campaign being dominated by accusations of corruption, Chris Christie authorizes a last minute subpoena that plays into Tom Kean Jr.'s political attacks against Bob Menendez.
* In November 2006, after the election is over, Chris Christie is taken off the list and allowed to keep his job.
The irony here is thick. We know now that Christie was almost fired by his fellow Republicans at the same time Democrats were criticizing him as a partisan hack -- during the 2006 election season.
Democrats were angry then because Christie had issued a subpoena seeking information on a real estate deal of Sen. Robert Menendez. His Republican opponent, state Sen. Tom Kean Jr., made that subpoena the centerpiece of his campaign. ...
Democrats were angry then because Christie had issued a subpoena seeking information on a real estate deal of Sen. Robert Menendez. His Republican opponent, state Sen. Tom Kean Jr., made that subpoena the centerpiece of his campaign. ...
The near-firing helps inoculate Christie against charges that he is a political servant of the White House. But his critics could just as easily argue that his friends in the White House protected him in the end.
But today we find out that long before Christie dropped the subpoena on the North Hudson Community Corporation he was on the list to be fired.
Sources yesterday identified four other current or former U.S. attorneys included on a Jan. 1 list that grouped a dozen prosecutors into three tiers. They include current U.S. Attorneys Matthew Mead of Wyoming and Eric Melgren of Kansas and former prosecutors James K. Vines of Nashville and Michael G. Heavican of Nebraska. ...
The same Jan. 1 list includes U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie of New Jersey, who also appears on a Nov. 1 list, sources said.
We found a total of 151 investigations, 114 of Democrats, 32 of Republicans and five for which we couldn't ID a party.
We only counted a person or an office once, even if they were investigated multiple times. For instance, Bob Menendez popped up in both the UMDNJ investigation and the NHCAC, but we only counted him once.
The result is that 75 percent of the people investigated are Democrats, and 21 percent are Republicans. There are 44 Democrats convicted or pleading guilty, 23 Republicans and 1 we can't tell.
But today we find out that long before Christie dropped the subpoena on the North Hudson Community Corporation he was on the list to be fired.
Sources yesterday identified four other current or former U.S. attorneys included on a Jan. 1 list that grouped a dozen prosecutors into three tiers. They include current U.S. Attorneys Matthew Mead of Wyoming and Eric Melgren of Kansas and former prosecutors James K. Vines of Nashville and Michael G. Heavican of Nebraska. ...
The same Jan. 1 list includes U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie of New Jersey, who also appears on a Nov. 1 list, sources said.
We found a total of 151 investigations, 114 of Democrats, 32 of Republicans and five for which we couldn't ID a party.
We only counted a person or an office once, even if they were investigated multiple times. For instance, Bob Menendez popped up in both the UMDNJ investigation and the NHCAC, but we only counted him once.
The result is that 75 percent of the people investigated are Democrats, and 21 percent are Republicans. There are 44 Democrats convicted or pleading guilty, 23 Republicans and 1 we can't tell.
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