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Steve Cohen: Wouldn't Mr. Christie's selection of his former employer, Attorney General Ashcroft, for this lucrative monitoring…

On the recordJune 24, 2009
Wouldn't Mr. Christie's selection of his former employer, Attorney General Ashcroft, for this lucrative monitoring contract be a direct violation of that Federal rule?
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen questions the legality of Christie's contract with Ashcroft.

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