COVID Corruption: Chris Christie Cashes in on Coronavirus Lobbying

Nice job draining the swamp Trump.  In fact, lobbying and corruption are off the charts and growing exponentially.

Chris Christie dreamed of becoming president. Now, he’s settling for a different role in Washington: lobbyist.

Christie registered to lobby for the first time only last month, in the middle of a lobbying boom fueled by the federal government’s multitrillion-dollar response to the pandemic.... leaning on his ties to the administration....

....making big money from businesses trying to tap the gusher of coronavirus relief funds coming from the federal government. Newly filed disclosures show Christie’s firm pulled in $240,000 in less than three months for lobbying the Trump administration on coronavirus aid on behalf of three New Jersey hospital systems and a Tennessee-based chain of addiction treatment centers.

THIS IS THE SWAMP.

Christie's decision to forgo the chance to join the Trump administration.... to pursue more lucrative opportunities is hardly a surprise.  As his term as governor was winding down in 2017, Christie told Bloomberg News he’d “loved” his 16 years in government. “But I think that what is much more likely for me when I leave is to go into the private sector and start making some money,” he said.

Christie ventured into the private sector shortly after leaving office in 2018, earning $800,000 plus stock options consulting for Pacira BioSciences, a New Jersey pharmaceutical company. But Christie didn’t register as a lobbyist until last month, when he filed paperwork disclosing his work for CleanSlate and the New Jersey hospitals.

How is this allowed to happen?  Why does this system exist?

Christie’s foray into coronavirus lobbying came as many Washington lobbying firms were doing record business advocating for clients affected by the pandemic. Nearly a dozen prominent firms — including Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, BGR Group, Invariant — saw their highest lobbying revenue ever in the second quarter

Trump once said: “under my administration, we’re standing up to the lobbyists and special interests, and fighting back against a rigged system…I’m unrigging the system."   Oh really.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/chris-christie-cashes-in-on-coronavirus-lobbying-380640