Judge may force Christie to release his troopers' $1M Amex bill, report says

A New Jersey Superior Court judge says Gov. Chris Christie's disclosure of the particulars of his security detail to a Cub Scout at a recent town hall meeting seriously calls into question the reasons he's given for keeping his security spending secret, according to a published report.

Speaking from the bench last Thursday, Judge Mary C. Jacobson said she was "very troubled" that the governor's legal team's efforts to suppress records of what the Executive Protection Unit spends on its state-issued American Express cards was in such stark contrast to the governor's own "openness" about the details of his protection team, according to a report on NorthJersey.com.

She added that she may order the administration to release a log of all the food, travel and lodging expenses charged by his security guards.

"Maybe his security force was uncomfortable when he made those statements, but then apparently, the statements were put up on YouTube through the governor's office and remain on YouTube," she said, according to the report.

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