Discussion: Ex-Prosecutor Wins Access To Transcripts That Christie Fought To Keep Secret

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We know that in the State of NJ the Gov. appoints the AG (along with many others) and the State may someday realize that they have a system with encourages corruption, such as this one…and please ignore the bigger elephant in the room: Bridgegate. Although this link proves my point: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/08/nyregion/chris-christie-and-bridgegate-guide.html?_r=1

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Any time you hear an attorney tell you that doing something (like this) would set a dangerous precedent, you already know why. If you can hide the truth, you can win. The last thing Christie wants is the first thing the justice system should provide: exposure of the truth, whatever it may be.

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Link to what the home folks are saying:

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If my math is right, that law firm billed $194 for every hour in the year that they were working on this. That’s nights, weekends, holidays, 24/7. That’s quite an accomplishment. Christie’s a real job creator.

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What we have here is a pattern of behavior. Not too long before the whole deck of cards comes tumbling down. You can bet there are other cases out there.

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I smell bacon fat frying…

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For 10K?!?!? Could you make a murder indictment go away for $100k? It’s hard to mock NJ, it always ups the ante.

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“it’s open to the trial judge to close the courtroom against the public during anything that touches too close on the GJ testimony.” Uhhh, you sure about that? Kinda goes against the 6th Amendment “right to a public trial” thing.

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I grew up on Watergate. The civil rights movement, Vietnam, and the space program too.

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No, they probably billed a higher rate and worked shorter hours. That’s white collar criminal defense for you.

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I was somewhat grown when I voted for Robert F. Kennedy as Senator from New York.

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Of course they billed a higher rate. My example was to illustrate how blatantly they were ripping off their client. If they had the equivalent of one person doing nothing but working on the case full time over the year, the rate would be in the neighborhood of $800/hr. It’s an outrageous overbilling no matter how they write the invoices.