CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday described presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as generous, citing as proof his quick offer to donate money to Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.
But Trump isn’t listed in a final report thanking the more than 150 people and companies that donated at least $25,000 to the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund effort run by Christie’s wife, Mary Pat, after the devastating 2012 storm.
Christie told Michigan’s Republican delegation in Ohio Monday that Mary Pat Christie asked the billionaire businessman for a donation and he responded, “How much does the check need to be? Just tell me, and I’ll send it.”
A final report issued in 2015 includes 152 people and companies that donated at least $25,000 to the cause, including a $1 million donation from New Jersey rocker Jon Bon Jovi and his band. But Trump isn’t listed.
IRS documents for Trump’s charitable foundation also show no donations to the charity between 2012 and 2014.
Spokespeople for Trump and Christie and an adviser for Christie who served on the board of the fund didn’t immediately return requests for comment.
Trump’s foundation did donate $20,000 in that time between 2012 and 2013 to the Drumthwacket Foundation, a separate entity run by Mary Pat Christie dedicated to New Jersey’s governor’s mansion. Christie and his wife do not live in the home in Princeton.
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