Last week we were trying to get details about the 2002 incident in which NJ Gov. candidate Chris Christie was driving the wrong way on a one-way street and had a collision with a motorcyclist but managed to avoid getting a ticket after telling the police officer that he was the state’s US Attorney. After the accident was revealed last week Christie then told reporters that he hadn’t been sued over the accident, only to have reporters from NJN discover that he had in fact been sued.
Now Christie is explaining that while he was sued he was never personally served with the lawsuit. And the victim’s lawyer, Stanley Marcus, says that he never spoke directly with Christie.
But here’s what jumped out at me in the latest report from NJN’s Zachary Fink. The officer didn’t stop with not ticketing Christie, notwithstanding the fact that the accident apparently occurred as the direct result of Christie’s not following the traffic laws. He went one better. He then proceeded to drive Christie from the scene of the accident to Christie’s attorney’s office in Cranford, NJ.
I’ve heard of the cops giving you your one call — but your one drive?
We’ll dig in on this more tomorrow.
