Chris Christie presidential campaign, 2024
“I’m
running for President of the United States because the truth still matters. We
need leaders that are willing to stand up and tell it like it is.”
—Chris
Christie (June
2023)
Report:
Feds Investigating Christie’s Use Of Hurricane Sandy Funds For Tourism Ads
TMP
By
Catherine Thompson
January
13, 2014 8:10 a.m.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/feds_investigating_christie_sandy_funds
Federal
officials are looking into whether New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R)
improperly put Hurricane Sandy relief funds towards Jersey
Shore tourism ads, CNN reported Monday.
Rep.
Frank Pallone (D-NJ) told CNN that federal auditors are expected to examine the
state’s use of $25 million in Sandy relief funds to market the tourism
campaign, which starred Christie and his family. Pallone asked the Department
of Housing and Urban Development inspector general in August to look into how
Christie spent the funds.
“This
was money that could have directly been used for Sandy recovery,” the New
Jersey congressman told CNN. “And, as you know, many of my constituents still
haven’t gotten the money that is owed them to rebuild their homes or raise
their homes or to help.”
Pallone
wrote in his letter to HUD that he was concerned about the bidding process for
the ads, according to CNN. The winning bid for the marketing plan featuring
Christie, he noted, cost $2 million more than the losing firm’s proposal, which
did not feature the governor and his family.
A
Christie spokesman said Monday in a statement obtained by National Review that
the ad campaign, titled “Stronger Than The Storm,” was “developed with the goal
of effectively communicating that the Jersey Shore was open for business during
the first summer after Sandy” and was approved by the Obama administration.
“Federal
agency reviews are routine and standard operating procedure with all federally
allocated resources to ensure that funds are distributed fairly,” Christie’s
Deputy Communications Director Colin Reed said in the statement, as quoted by
National Review. “We’re confident that any review will show that the ads were a
key part in helping New Jersey get back on its feet after being struck by the
worst storm in state history.”
Christie
has been criticized for the tourism ads in the past: Sen. Rand Paul
(R-KY) suggested that
using taxpayer dollars to produce the Jersey Shore ads was a “conflict of
interest.”
The
probe is not connected to state or federal inquiries
into the Christie administration’s involvement in the September lane closures
on the George Washington Bridge.
Connecting
the Dots:
Christopher
J. Christie officially filed to run for president on June 6, 2023, married
to Mary Pat Christie, was the New Jersey state
government governor and David A. Tepper, Stanley
F. Druckenmiller, David H. Koch & Henry A.
Kissinger were supporters for his 2012 presidential bid.
Mary Pat
Christie is married to Christopher J. Christie and the
chair for the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund.
Hurricane
Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund is a relief organization for Hurricane
Sandy.
Robin Hood
Foundation raised money for the Hurricane Sandy relief.
David A. Tepper was
a supporter for Christopher J. Christie’s 2012 presidential
bid and is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation
and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and the founder of Soros Fund
Management.
Stanley F.
Druckenmiller was a managing director at Soros Fund Management
and was a supporter for Christopher J. Christie’s 2012
presidential bid.
David H. Koch is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was a supporter
for Christopher J. Christie’s 2012 presidential bid.
Henry
A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and a supporter for Christopher J. Christie’s 2012
presidential bid.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a friend of Henry A. Kissinger, the New
York (NY) mayor, Emma Bloomberg’s father and was
a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Emma Bloomberg is Michael
R. Bloomberg’s daughter and was a senior planning officer for
the Robin Hood Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Robin Hood Foundation and the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
George Soros is the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Robin Hood
Foundation raised money for Hurricane Sandy relief.
Hurricane
Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund is a relief organization for Hurricane
Sandy.
Mary Pat
Christie is the chair for the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey
Relief Fund and married to Christopher J. Christie.
Cam Henderson was Mary
Pat Christie’s chief of staff, is an executive director for the Hurricane
Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund and the finance director for the 2016
Chris Christie presidential campaign.
Christopher
J. Christie was a presidential candidate for the 2016
presidential election, David A. Tepper, Stanley F.
Druckenmiller, David H. Koch & Henry A.
Kissinger were supporters for his 2012 presidential bid, was the New
Jersey state government governor is married to Mary Pat
Christie and officially filed to run for president on June 6, 2023.
Resources:
Past Research
NJ
Paper Accuses Christie of 'Censorship' of Sandy Fund Records (Past Research on the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief
Fund)
SUNDAY,
DECEMBER 8, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/nj-paper-accuses-christie-of-censorship.html
Jeb
Bush: Michael Bloomberg A ‘Good Man’ And A ’Patriot’ (Past
Research on the Bloomberg Family Foundation)
SUNDAY,
JANUARY 24, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/01/jeb-bush-michael-bloomberg-good-man-and.html
Fox
News’ Megyn Kelly Legitimizes ‘War on Women’ in Question to Trump (Past Research on Cam Henderson)
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 7, 2015
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