New Jersey legislators questioned why Republican Governor Chris Christie's administration should get full control of cash-strapped Atlantic City when its fiscal crisis only deepened under years of existing state oversight.
Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson represented New Jersey as the state attempted again to legalize sports betting in casinos and racetracks throughout Atlantic City.
New Jersey legislators released more than 1,000 pages of documents that "may shed light on a bridge traffic jam apparently orchestrated by Republican Governor Chris Christie top aides to settle a political score," Reuters reported. The documents were made public "just says after New Jersey officials released emails that appeared to show the Republican governor staff's plotting a traffic jam in September, seemingly to retaliate against the Democratic mayor of Fort Leee because he had not endorsed Christie's re-election campaign,"
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie publicly apologized Thursday for "the controversial lane closures last that were arranged by his associates in an apparent act of political revenge, and fired his top aide who was at the center of the scandal."
