New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s terrible week just got worse. Federal law enforcement officials launched a criminal probe into whether the governor’s administration illegally quashed grand jury indictments against a Christie ally, NBC News confirmed on Thursday. And separately, the potential Republican presidential candidate’s trip to England this week, where he made controversial remarks about vaccinations, didn’t go over well with Garden State voters, according to a new poll, which also found Democrat Hillary Clinton easily beating Christie in a hypothetical race. Bennett Barlyn, a former Hunterdon County assistant prosecutor, told NBC News that he met with two federal investigators on Wednesday and was questioned about his past allegations that he was fired because wouldn’t drop a case against Christie supporter, Hunterdon County Sheriff Deborah Trout. He had brought forth a whistle blower lawsuit in 2012, while the governor has insisted he had nothing to do with Barlyn losing his job. Read more http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/new-poll-brings-more-bad-news-chris-christie
