Christie spends $85K on portrait

FILE 2018 Former Gov. Chris Christie will reportedly spend $85,000 in taxpayer funds for an official portrait

FILE 2018 Former Gov. Chris Christie will reportedly spend $85,000 in taxpayer funds for an official portrait

Chris Christie has been out of office for more than three months, but the former New Jersey governor is still sticking it to the state's taxpayers.

New Jersey taxpayers pay more for their governors' portraits than residents of neighboring states.

Paul Newton, the highly regarded Australian artist Christie selected, has painted portraits of famous subjects including Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, pop star Kylie Minogue and Pope Benedict XVI. The report said ldquo & Christie;'d made a reputation for using a preference for lavish while the bill was paid out by rest. The paper reported that Christie already paid about half for the painting and still owes $47,500.

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The report said Christie has long talked about "getting the oil portrait in the Statehouse". The magazine for Australia's National Portrait Gallery called Newton "perhaps the quintessential portrait artist" of the modern era in 2006. "So here's the thing - when I bring my grandchildren back to the Statehouse and I show them that painting ... they're going to ask me, 'What did you do, Grandpa, what did you do?"

Christie has been criticized in the past for his spending habits.

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