Trump comes to financial rescue for Christie, NJ GOP
Source: Washington Post
TRENTON, N.J. — Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is helping dig former rival Chris Christie and the New Jersey Republican Party out of big debt they incurred from the George Washington Bridge scandal and the governor’s presidential campaign.
Trump on Thursday will attend a $25,000-per-person fundraiser for the state GOP to help it pay off about $500,000 incurred in legal fees responding to legislative subpoenas in the bridge scandal. Trump and Christie will headline the event as well as a separate, $200 per-person fundraiser to pay down Christie’s roughly $250,000 presidential campaign debt.
“Governor Christie has been very supportive of Mr. Trump,” said Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks. “Mr. Trump looks forward to raising money for the Governor and spending time with the great people of New Jersey on Thursday night.”
The hand-in-hand fund raising help is a sharp turnabout from five months ago, when Trump said Christie “totally knew” that some of his allies had shut down access lanes to bridge to retaliate against a Democratic mayor who wouldn’t support Christie’s re-election, as prosecutors allege. Two former Christie allies have pleaded not guilty to federal wire fraud and civil rights charges. Christie has not been charged and denies involvement.
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crime does pay
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