Christie stiffs New Jersey taxpayers for security travel while Walker PAC pays

By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog

When a governor takes out-of-state trips to campaign for a new job, who pays for the travel bills of the state police security details?

In New Jersey and Wisconsin, the answers are different for two governors who are jockeying for position in the 2016 GOP presidential sweepstakes.

Chris Christie has unapologetically stuck New Jersey taxpayers with the $1.15 million in Executive Protection Unit travel costs during his first five years in office, according to a New Jersey Watchdog analysis.

But when Wisconsin’s Scott Walker hits the road on political journeys, those bills are being paid by his political action committee, which gets the money from campaign donations.

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