Top Christie aide drove Exxon settlement, former state official says.

[forest444]

Source: New Jersey Online

By Matt Arco.

A former state environmental commissioner charged a top Gov. Chris Christie staffer with having "elbowed" his way into a multi-billion-dollar settlement negotiation with Exxon Mobil.

Bradley Campbell, a former commissioner of the state's Department of Environmental Protection, wrote in an op-ed published today that the Christie administration's move to quietly settle an $8.9 billion lawsuit with Exxon Mobil over the pollution at two industrial sites came after a top administration official took over the settlement agreement.

"The decision by the administration of Gov. Chris Christie to settle an environmental lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corporation for roughly three cents on the dollar after more than a decade of litigation is an embarrassment to law enforcement and good government," Campbell wrote.



Read more: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/03/top_christie_aide_drove_exxon_settlement_former_st.html

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Does anybody really think Crisco didn't personally benefit from this arrangement? Fat chance.

[elleng]

1. What will it take for NJ to kick this guy's ass???

[forest444]

3. A VERY strong foot.

[elleng]

4. HAHAHAHA!

Daughter, son in law and grandson are there. Problem: Grandson is only 1 year old, and probably not strong enough.

[SoapBox]

2. The sleaze with this creep never ends.

Be proud NJ voters...be real proud.

[6000eliot]

5. Someone else he can toss under the bus, I presume.

[Cha]

6. Graphic for you, forest..

[davidpdx]

9. Yep, there had to be some major kickbacks on that

I bet several people got them. There needs to be a Federal RICO investigation.

[asiliveandbreathe]

10. The latest figure is less than reported

about $225m - oh - and EXXON - yep = $750m to the RGA...nice - only in Kochistan....under the table...???

[asiliveandbreathe]

11. oops//$750,000

[forest444]

16. Livin' large and hungry for more.

That's him to a T.

Very professional work there, Cha. This is the kind of ad NJ Democrats need - paid for by an "outside group", of course.

[McCamy Taylor]

7. Citizens United makes this inevitable.

[Fred Sanders]

12. True. If you are not grovelling for millions now required to be elected dog catcher, someone else will be.

[DLnyc]

8. looks like bribery, smells like bribery, tastes like bribery

but probably will be treated as 'an embarrassment'.

Amazing.

[Fred Sanders]

13. What is amazing is next to zero media coverage....the media is as corrupt as the politicians - clear.

Expect to see a flurry of ad payback money by Big Oil to all the media, CNN and the like most, to keep it quiet.

It is a corruption feedback loop.

[Hoppy]

14. The state papers are all over it. Front page --- Campbell owned a small interest in Exxon.

This was through a mutual fund.

[DLnyc]

15. that sounds like a distraction, frankly

The payback would not be in a slight move in a small amount of stock; the payback would be in massive support for campaigns by your boss, both direct contributions and through PACs.