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deminks

(11,018 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 10:12 AM Apr 2015

Prosecutors investigate Jerry Jones’s World Trade Center lease (Chris Christie's BFF)

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/10/prosecutors-investigate-jerry-joness-world-trade-center-lease/

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Prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating how a company owned by Jones got the lease for the observatory at the new One World Trade Center. The World Trade Center is run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is controlled by Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

At this point, prosecutors have only opened an investigation, and there is no allegation of wrongdoing. Christie has said his friendship with Jones began only after the Port Authority awarded Jones’s company the contract.

The office of the Manhattan District Attorney confirmed that it has subpoenaed records pertaining to “the procurement process for the award of the lease.”

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It's just one more d*mned thing, isn't it, gov? /sarcasm off
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Susquehanna Hat Company!...... Laxman Apr 2015 #1

Laxman

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1. Susquehanna Hat Company!......
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 12:25 PM
Apr 2015

This is one that really sets me off! It was just in the sweet spot Christie, wasn't it. Knew him just long enough to be able to accept lavish gifts but not so long that it affected the decisions the Port Authority made on their contracts with Jones. Sounds like the kind of excuses a criminal makes in the interrogation room trying to talk his way out of it. By the way, this is the kind of thing Menendez just got indicted for- except this is about 100 times worse! But I've ranted on this before: Christie And The Cowboys-Just The Tip Of The Iceberg

If you don't know what I mean by Susquehanna Hat Company (you can find it on Bagel Street):

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