Document Type
Brief
Category
What Comes Next?
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Christie is the Republican Governor of New Jersey. He previously served as the US Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008. He is a likely contender in the 2016 presidential race.
Christie's penchant for accepting luxury perks, paid for by groups who arguably have significant interests in his decisions as Governor, was highlighted in a New York Times article on February 2, 2015. Questionable gifts include: travel on Sheldon Adelson's private plane, a 2012 trade mission partly funded by a group of businesses (Choose N.J.) barred from donating to the Governor directly by pay-to-play laws, and an extravagant family vacation paid for by the King of Jordan with hotel costs estimated at $30,000.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity,
Chris Christie and Jerry Jones,
(2015).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/public_integrity/104