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Jon Corzine

Jon Corzine

Jon Corzine started at Goldman Sachs in the mid-70s and climbed his way up the investment firm, being named chairman and CEO in 1994. He would go on to become a U.S. senator and then governor of New Jersey. In 2009, Corzine lost his gubernatorial reelection bid to Chris Christie. He returned to finance, joining MF Global as chairman and CEO. The firm went bankrupt in the fall of 2011. During the firm's collapse, $1.2 billion in client money went missing.

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Chris Christie
stated on January 22, 2013 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”:
Says “on the state level, we spend less today than Jon Corzine spent in fiscal year 2008, five years later.”
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • February 3, 2013
Chris Christie
stated on August 9, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says Jon Corzine “gave away 14 percent raises over 4 years and he stood on the front steps of the Capitol at a public-sector union rally and said, ‘I will fight to get you a great contract.’”
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • August 20, 2012
Chris Christie
stated on December 23, 2011 in a radio interview:
“By the way, I’m not raising tolls 50 percent….Jon Corzine did.”
True
By Bill Wichert • January 3, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on December 15, 2011 in a web ad posted on YouTube:
Says Joe Biden said Jon Corzine is “the smartest guy that I know, in terms of the economy and on finance, I really mean this.”
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By Erin O'Neill • December 22, 2011
Pat Roberts
stated on December 6, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business News:
Says with Jon Corzine, “it’s the first time, I think, in history where a former Senator has been subpoenaed to testify before his former colleagues.”
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By Erin O'Neill • December 14, 2011
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