Gifts to Gov. Christie are not 'gifts,' rules NJ attorney general
- Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones flew Gov. Chris Christie and his family to Texas on a charter plane to be his guests in a VIP luxury box at a football game in January.
- Billionaire casino owner Sheldon G. Adelson provided a private jet to fly the New Jersey governor and his clan to Israel in 2012.
- King Abdullah of Jordan picked up a $30,000 hotel tab for Christie and his entourage during the same trip.
The opinion enabled Christie to report he received no gifts during 2014 – just as he has since taking office in 2010.
The governor and other state officials are supposedly required to disclose all sources of income, including “honoraria, lecture fees, gifts and other gratuities (cash or non-cash) and other miscellaneous sources of income” in annual financial statements filed with the State Ethics Commission, as required by Executive Order 24.
But according to a six-page opinion from Hoffman, a gift does not have to be reported unless it is a gratuity – such as “money received for performing a service” or “items received in return for performing some service, such as speaking at an event.”
The bottom line, strange but true: Christie does not have to report the favors as gifts unless it can be shown he did something in exchange for them.
The full story is online at http://watchdog.org/220132/christie-gifts-nj/.
10 comments:
Can you imagine what this slick politician would take if he ever was elected (fat chance) to the presidency of this country?
Don't believe he can conceive what honesty is but as a lawyer guess he always has an angle that benefits him.
Now he wants the press, for telling it like it is, to apologize and C.C. cultivated the work culture and work climate in his administration. No one else....him!!! Apologize ?? HELL NO !!
Wonder what the Supreme Court of this state and this nation would have to say about all of this crap !! Time to find out.....
I know if it weren't for double standards most liberals would have no standards but please use the same standard for Hillary as for Christie. She got 500,000 in jewelry from the Saudi Arabia while she served as secretary of state. And "Think Can you imagine what this slick politician would take if she ever was elected (fat chance) to the presidency of this country?"
Prove it anon 8:26 a.m......your BS has never made the news and as for C.C. ,he incapable of ethical behavior !!
When criticizing anyone who disagrees with you, consider the fact that they may well be a fellow republican who can't stand the fact today of how low the republicans have sunk,ethically and morally. The only thing C.C. has is a BIG, LOUD MOUTH!!
The person you try to discredit may be one of your own!!!
People who have different priorities than you have ethical standards just as well as you do, you moron S.O.B. !!
C.C. will never be the nominee !!
Anon 8:26,
FYI,here's John F. Kennedy's memorable definition of a "liberal"..."someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people - their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties."
MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL ENDEAVOR TO BE LIBERALS !!!
Great comment Anon 10:09,
I just stole it for posting to my Facebook page.
Liberals today are not open to public discussions. In the 1960s & 1970s Liberal use to say things like"I don't agree with what you say but i defend your right to say it". Now they ask if there should be limits on free speech. I gave as an example the southern poverty law center founded in the 70s it use to be fighting for racial equality and against violent organizations such as the KKK. Now it's fighting against Jim Dobson and focus on the family. Liberals today are the same as JFK. JFK was anti communist and opposed enemies of freedom. Today's liberals would like to appease those who would like to abolish freedom and destroy America. Look at Obama's appeasement of Iran do you think JFK would let Iran get nukes? The leaders of Iran lead public chants of death to America, JFK would not be negotiating with them.
Here is a link to Hillary's gifts from Saudis:
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/319383-administration-discloses-bounty-of-gifts-from-foreign-leaders
Here is 1 from mother jones news about Hillary allowing weapon sales to the Saudis:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/hillary-clinton-foundation-state-arms-deals
But this is nothing compared to football tickets.
Mike twice I tried to post links to Hillary's gifts and donations from the Saudis while she was secretary of state. Are you trying to prevent anon 7:01 from seeing the proof?
thanks Mike
Anon 8:02,1:02 and anyone else who seems to think that to justify the misdeeds of C.C. all they have to do is attack someone else whom they may think has done likewise.
Well this poster has no respect for them or their slick, slippery governor.... Stop wasting your effort because it does not change anything. I can't stand bigoted,biased AH'S that run off at the mouth because they oppose anyone who has a different opinion or politics than they do! Period ! End of discussion !
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