So, Were they F&^%ing Each Other, or Just Justice and the Taxpayer?

Bummer of a birth mark, Chris

So, Chris Christie is running for Governor of New Jersey, and we know that he made a $46,000.00 loan to his close aid, Michele Brown, that he neglected to mention on his disclosure forms, but he claimed that she had done nothing for his campaign.

Oops, maybe she did a little:

But interviews with federal law enforcement officials suggest that Ms. Brown used her position in two significant and possibly improper ways to try to aid Mr. Christie in his run for governor.

In March, when Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s campaign requested public records about Mr. Christie’s tenure as prosecutor, Ms. Brown interceded to oversee the responses to the inquiries, taking over for the staff member who normally oversaw Freedom of Information Act requests, according to federal law enforcement officials in Newark and Washington. The requested information included records about Mr. Christie’s travel and expenses, along with Ms. Brown’s travel records.

In mid-June, when F.B.I. agents and prosecutors gathered to set a date for the arrests of more than 40 targets of a corruption and money-laundering probe, Ms. Brown alone argued for the arrests to be made before July 1. She later told colleagues that she wanted to ensure that the arrests occurred before Mr. Christie’s permanent successor took office, according to three federal law enforcement officials briefed on the conversation, presumably so that Mr. Christie would be given credit for the roundup.

So, it's clear that she has been a mole for Christie in the US Attorney's office, someone who he mentored and who repaid the favor, but though reporter, David Halbfinger, does imply that there might have been a bit more was going on:

Those records, which the Corzine campaign has parceled out to news organizations, have already proved embarrassing to Mr. Christie. News stories last week said the records showed Mr. Christie often stayed at expensive hotels on the taxpayers’ dime, routinely exceeding per diem rates set for Justice Department officials.

Additional records provided in raw form by the Corzine campaign and analyzed by The Times show that Ms. Brown accompanied Mr. Christie on 16 trips, the bulk of them in 2007 and 2008. They were often accompanied by a junior prosecutor, Kevin O’Dowd.

I really do not care about who Chris Christie f%$#s, but it is clear that he did his best to use his position as US Attorney for maximum partisan advantage, including the fact that he, "Discussed a run for governor with Karl Rove in 2006," an action which which is expressly forbidden under federal law.

I'm not sure if this will drive voters to Jon Corzine, but if this doesn't, it's likely to drive people to independent candidate Chris Daggett, and Christie has already frittered away a double digit lead on this.