Pascrell and Pallone and the "poster child for abuse" Chris Christie [video]

by: Rosi Efthim

Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 08:04:07 PM EDT

This week, congressmen Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell testified before the House Judiciary subcommittee investigating Deferred Prosecution Agreements. They followed Chris Christie's prickly testimony.

Pallone, who called Christie the "poster child for abuse" on Blue Jersey Radio [listen here], and Pascrell, laid out the real costs to our economy of not reining in people like Chris Christie, and propose a legislative fix.

Pascrell first, Pallone after the jump. Sound quality is from the House Judiciary Committee website feed.

Rosi Efthim :: Pascrell and Pallone and the "poster child for abuse" Chris Christie [video]

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between Pascrell and the Republican Congressman at the end was interesting. I have seen people say that the Obama administration supports the current setup so it must be ok. I don't view that as reassuring and am not sure why they or anyone else wouldn't consider some sort of clarification to define the process more clearly.

Even Christie said during his testimony when he was asked why he didn't do certain things, that it was because it wasn't his job and the department didn't require it in it's own guidelines.

Whether or not Christie abused the practice is a matter that can be debated and often retreats to political corners, but the question of whether there should be further guidelines for future agreements seems like an issue that is deserving of a discussion on the merits.

by: Jason Springer @ Sun Jun 28, 2009 at 05:30:52 AM UTC