Top Democrat demands Christie-hired Bridgegate law firm refund $8M to N.J.
TRENTON — A top Democrat said Monday the law firm hired by Gov. Chris Christie to conduct a state-funded investigation of the Bridgegate scandal should refund $8 million to New Jersey taxpayers, saying she is "infuriated" by court testimony contradicting its findings.
"It is a legal question as to whether we can compel them to refund the money," state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) told NJ Advance Media.
"But at the least, we are going to demand that they refund it first. This is a big deal. Those millions should go to programs for women's health, for education, that we've had to cut."
Weinberg served as co-chair of the Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Investigation, which conducted its own probe into the politically motivated lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in September 2013.
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