Firedoglake Obtains Docs Detailing NJ Gov Chris Christie's (R) career as a registered lobbyist. [View all]

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Firedoglake obtained documents under New Jersey's Open Public Records Act which detail New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) career as a registered lobbyist.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Christie’s Lobbying Records
By: DSWright Monday December 2, 2013 7:49 am


Documents obtained by Firedoglake under New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA) detail New Jersey Governor and popular contender for the Republican Party’s 2016 Presidential nomination Chris Christie’s career as a registered lobbyist.

In February 1999 Christie joined his longtime friend and still close political advisor Bill Palatucci as a registered lobbyist in the state of New Jersey. Christie filed reports with New Jersey’s Election Law Enforcement Commission as a legislative agent through 1999 into 2001 when he sent a notice of termination in September of 2001 thereby removing his status as a registered legislative agent. Palatucci would remain a registered lobbyist after that time.

Christie and Palatucci were the registered legislative agents for various business and political interests that would become major players and supporters when Christie became governor. Some of their clients would become fixtures in the headlines associated with corruption, others key allies in promoting Governor Christie’s legislative agenda.


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