Happy-to-live-in-New York Dept: The New Jersey Record just released the figure -- $6.51 million -- for Gov. Christies legal fees in the Bridgegate scandal. And heres the fascinating twist: they will all be paid by New Jerseys taxpayers, not the governor. (Gov. Perry of Texas, just indicted, must be praying that hell be half so lucky!). And catch this, thats not even the full bill to those taxpayers for work done on the scandal. That comes in at $7.87 million. Tom The law firm Governor Christie hired to represent his office and investigate his staff’s actions in the George Washington Bridge scandal has billed taxpayers $6.51 million for work through April, according to documents released Friday. The released bills detail the sustained activity at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as the firm produced the report Christie has since used to say he has been exonerated in the scandal that began when one of his aides and another of his appointees appeared to shut down approach lanes to the bridge as part of a political plot. The explosive e-mails and text messages, obtained and first reported by The Record, sparked a political firestorm that extended far beyond New Jersey and Fort Lee. For full coverage, click here. The firm submitted bills to the Attorney General’s Office that said in March it had 59 people working on the case and that they charged the state $2.49 million in fees. One lawyer two years out of law school billed for 342 hours that month — or an average of 11 hours every day in March. His taxpayer tab was almost $120,000. Friday’s disclosure means that the lawyers representing Christie’s office, his staff and those working for the legislative committee investigating the scandal have charged taxpayers $7.87 million, according to bills released so far. northjersey/news/christie-s-office-billed-6-51-million-in-legal-fees-related-to-gwb-scandal-1.1068284
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:12:22 +0000
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