Chris Christie Administration Is Target Of New Federal Criminal Probe.
Source: ibtimes
Federal law enforcement officials have launched a criminal investigation of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and members of his administration, pursuing allegations the governor and his staff broke the law when they quashed grand jury indictments against Christie supporters, International Business Times has learned.
Two criminal investigators from the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday interviewed the man who leveled those charges, Bennett Barlyn. He was fired from the Hunterdon County prosecutor's office in August 2010, and subsequently brought a whistleblower lawsuit against the Christie administration, claiming he had been punished for objecting to the dismissal of the indictments of the governor's supporters for a range of corrupt activities.
Barlyn told IBTimes that he met with the federal investigators at his Pennsylvania home for more than an hour on Wednesday afternoon. He said they specifically focused on why Christies then-attorney general, Paula Dow, had moved to expunge the indictments. The investigators are examining what state and federal laws may have been broken in the process. Barlyn said the investigators appeared to be at an exploratory stage, with no certainty that criminal charges would ultimately be filed. The meeting followed a June letter to Barlyn from New Jerseys U.S. Attorney, Paul Fishman, instructing Barlyn to be in touch with his offices investigative team about the case.
Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/chris-christie-administration-target-new-federal-criminal-probe-1806644
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Historic NY
(37,450 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,237 posts)I would make toast with cat selfies.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)of the flying spaghetti monster
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)And Christie makes 3!
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)They may be begging for McGetOFFMyLAWN!! before it's all over.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Them slimy ones are hard to catch.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)If they do finally get the job done, who is in line to take his place? Do they have to have a special election? I hope this one sticks. BTW, has he been totally cleared from the bridge-gate affair?
NJCher
(35,685 posts)That investigation is still going on.
His corrupt lt. gen. will take his place.
Cher
George II
(67,782 posts)Good. I hope they're just taking their time so they can keep racking up the goods on him, and right before he throws his towel into the ring to run for Pres, they nab him and throw him behind bars. Heck, maybe they'll get his wife too, like McDonnell in VA.
Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Please, please let there be an indictment. Then I will get a bunch of ice cream to celebrate.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....from the article:
"Christie has denied any involvement in Barlyn's termination, while maintaining that he does not even know the men and women he has been accused of aiding. The governor's office did not respond to a request for comment"