So Governor Fat Cat has ethics troubles [View all]

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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/31/politics/obama-campaign-biden/
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Ethics troubles complicated New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's chances of becoming Mitt Romney's running mate last year, The New York Times reports is in an upcoming chronicle of the 2012 presidential campaign.

Christie's challenges were first reported Thursday night by Times national political correspondent Johnathan Martin and based on details of the book, "Double Down: Game Change 2012."

Those concerns included a Justice Department investigation of Christie's expenditures while he was a U.S. Attorney in New Jersey.

A 2010 report by the department's Inspector General concluded Christie — among five top prosecutors investigated -- was the "the U.S. attorney who most often exceeded the government (travel expense) rate without adequate justification."

He also offered "insufficient, inaccurate or no justification" for most of those costs, and refused to meet personally with investigators about the discrepancies.

Christie was not identified by name in the government report, but government sources have said he was "U.S. Attorney C," CNN confirmed.
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