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So Chris Christie likes to stay at the Four Seasons in Washington D.C.   What other travel fraud blockbuster might the Department of Justice release next?  Don’t hold your breath.  If the violation of travel rules don’t involve Republican-appointed U.S. Attorneys, the DOJ is in no hurry to release reports. The Justice Department Inspector General this week published a report that showed Chris Christie went outside of travel guidelines to the tune of about $2,000 during  his term.  The report doesn’t identify Christie by name, but other information in the report makes it an elementary exercise to identify him.The report...

Chinese company to pay for Schwarzenegger's trade mission to Asia A gap in the new contributions law allows him to use a $550,000 donation because he was not the specified recipient. By Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times June 16, 2010 Reporting from Advertisement Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't letting a new rule limiting gifts to public officials put a crimp in his globetrotting ways. Instead, administration officials are availing themselves of a gap in state regulations to use a $550,000 gift from a Chinese company to pay for an upcoming trade mission to Asia. On Thursday, the state Fair Political Practices...