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Christie authorized raid 47 days before primary

April 15, 2018 3:44 pmApril 16, 2018 8:59 am

Just 47 days before the 2002 primary election, FBI agents raided the offices of Essex County Executive Jim Treffinger, then the front-runner for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator. Four days later, Treffinger dropped out of the race. Treffinger was...

As prosecutor, Christie did exactly what he bashed Comey for doing

April 15, 2018 1:44 pmApril 16, 2018 12:49 pm

Eleven days before the 2002 New Jersey primary, U.S. Attorney Chris Christie issued a letter saying that Joseph DiVincenzo was “not a subject or target of the grand jury investigation.” At the time, DiVincenzo was in a close race against...