US Attorney Chris Christie supposedly planned to keep the contractor bribery sting operation going for awhile longer but the investigation was apparently cut short due to interference by the Monmouth County prosecutor’s office. John Kaye and Christie had been arguing in the past, and it appears that Kaye started to ask questions and interview some of the now-arrested mayors and politicians, even sending investigators to Florida. Kaye denies he did anything inappropriate.

Acting governor Richard Codey has asked NJ State Attorney General Peter Harvey to investigate Kaye [link]. Finally, Harvey will get to investigate a politician. But please note that Kaye is a republican, and Monmouth county is one of the few republican counties in the state. And most of the politicians busted by Christie were republicans. Christie comes out good in this because he can show that he doesn’t just pick on democrats. Codey comes out good because he can act tough on corruption in a high profile case without upsetting the democrat party bosses. It’s win-win for everyone.

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