Chris Christie called the George Norcross indictment 'garbage.' An advocate derided Tuesday's event as a 'spectacle'
From second to left: former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Gov. Tom Kean, current Gov. Phil Murphy, power broker George Norcross, TV host Kelly Ripa, former Camden County Clerk Joe Ripa, former Gov. Jim McGreevey, former Gov. Jon Corzine, and Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen break ground Tuesday on a $3 billion extension at Cooper University Hospital in Camden .
“I think my fellow governors would agree: There’s only one guy in this state who could pull this group together,” Murphyoperating a scheme that allowed him to illegally score real estate deals in Camden while collecting millions in government tax credits. He has pleaded not guilty. Oral arguments in the caseBut after the ceremony, Christie, the state’s former U.S. attorney and a bipartisan ally of Norcross, threw punches at the charges.
“Attempts by the defendants and others — apparently even including a former governor and United States attorney — to attack the work of career prosecutors in order to litigate this case in the press and taint the jury pool will not be ignored,” the spokesman added.“The spectacle at Cooper Hospital shows just how deep corruption runs in New Jersey politics,” said Antoinette Miles, state director of the New Jersey Working Families Party, a progressive group often critical of Norcross.
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