A contrite Christopher J. Christie, the Republican former prosecutor running for governor on a platform of corruption busting and ethical reform, apologized Tuesday for failing to report a $46,000 loan to a top aide on his tax returns and financial-disclosure forms.
Here's the NJN news story on the latest developments:The NJN story looks at language Christie used as US Attorney to prosecute people with tax issues, but Christie said his actions weren't willful. Christie says it's just an honest mistake that things weren't reported and disclosed:
"To you and to the people of the state, I'm going to tell you, I'm not perfect and I'm not going to be," he said. "I'm going to make mistakes, and when I make mistakes, I'm going to own up to them, and this was a mistake and an oversight on my part."
And then there's this "I'm the decider" quote from Christie:
Mr. Christie said he could see a potential problem if an underling had lent him money, but he added, "the fact of the matter is, I was the boss, so I had authority anyway."
Follow me below the fold because Zack Fink, who broke the story has many more questions that he's raising on his blog about just what the boss did.
