Christie's Bridgegate Bills Top $10 MillionTaxpayer Dollars So Far

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TRENTON — Taxpayers are now on the hook for more than $10 million as legal fees mount for Gov. Chris Christie's administration's response to the George Washington Bridge lane closing scandal.
The state attorney general's office late Friday released new invoices totaling $2.3 million from the forensics firm of Stroz Friedberg, which also did work for Christie's gubernatorial campaign committee.
When added to the $8 million paid to the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, taxpayers have now shelled out more than $10 million.

Stolz Friedberg provides services in forensics, investigations, incident responses, security and other fields, according to its website. Its invoices to the state include charges for computer software, investigations and data analysis.
Christie's gubernatorial campaign owed the firm $361,583 as of Dec. 31, according to the committee's year-end filing with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission.

 Gibson Dunn was chastised in December by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Wigenton for not keeping notes of its interviews with witnesses in its Bridgegate probe, according to a decision released Wednesday.

Employees of the law firm were the biggest source of campaign contributions to Christie's presidential campaign during the three-month reporting period through Dec. 31, donating $65,500.

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