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TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie got "The Daily Show" treatment Monday night after the governor claimed his lawyers had absolved him of any blame in the controversial closing of access lanes to the George Washington Bridge last September.

In a segment called "Absolve and Report," Jon Stewart, the host of the show who grew up in Lawrenceville, also took a shot at Christie for making a faux pas in his speech Saturday to the Republican Jewish Coalition.

Recalling his four-day trip to Israel two years ago, Christie mentioned flying over West Bank “occupied territories.”

“I can’t, for one, wait for the re-mojo-ed governor of New Jersey to take his famous straight honest talk to Las Vegas to speak truth to money,” Stewart said, setting up a news clip about Christie apologizing for the remark.

Jon Stewart poked fun at Gov. Chris Christie, shown here giving a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition, in Sunday night's episode of the Daily Show.

The governor immediately apologized in private to Sheldon Adelson, the Republican megadonor whom Christie and several other potential 2016 candidates presidential traveled to Las Vegas to impress.

In a second clip, Stewart asked one of the show's regulars, Samantha Bee, who was described as the senior Zionist billionaire correspondent, why Adelson should get "veto power over every word Republicans say about Israel?"

“How can anyone claim to be a leader if they’re bending over backwards to please an 80-year-old gambling mogul?” he added.

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