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Gov. Chris Christie “didn’t have any involvement or knowledge in” a settlement that the Republican candidate, Donald Trump’s Atlantic City casino company allegedly struck sometime in 2011 to pay only a part of the millions in taxes it owed the state, the spokesman of the governor stated. New York Times reported that public records revealed that the company which was founded by Trump, reached the deal in under two years after Christie became governor.

Under the agreement, the firm paid only $5 million from the nearly $30 million it was owing to New Jersey. The newspaper reported that it wasn’t clear whether Christie, a good friend who is presently a top adviser to Donald Trump, was involved.

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Brian Murray who is a spokesman for the governor’s Christie said the deal was a part of the bankruptcy case that started in 2005 when Christie served as New Jersey’s U.S. attorney. However, he claims that it was fixed “without the involvement of the governor” by the state attorney general’s office and state Department of Treasury in 2011.

“The New York Times yet again shows their bias by making use of a multifaceted bankruptcy settlement to intertwine a piece of dogmatic fiction,” the spokesperson added. “They ignore a simple fact: Governor Christie didn’t have any knowledge nor was he involved in the settlement of the matter by both the attorney general and state treasurer.”

Trump’s company had at least four casinos in the Atlantic City region from 1984 to 2009, and in that year, he left the business amidst its fifth bankruptcy filing. Trump and Christie had remained friends since 2002, when Maryanne Trump Barry, Trump’s sister, introduced them to each other. Christie was New Jersey’s state’s U.S. attorney at that time. Nowadays, Christie is Trump’s presidential transition team’s director and could be his U.S. attorney general if Trump is elected.