he hired phil kwon right away into his administration when he started in 2010. so by 2012, when then-governor christie nominated phil kwon to a seat on the new jersey supreme court, by that time, the governor and phil kwon had worked together for a decade. and then chris christie was more than just disappointed when phil kwon's nomination to the supreme court was rejected by democrats in the new jersey state senate. >> good evening. first of all, phil kwon, first and foremost, is a man of integrity. had the utmost privilege to witness that integrity firsthand. where in his role as an assistant united states attorney, the first assistant attorney general of new jersey, as a husband, a father, and a son. to see what phil went through today is not only disappointing for me, personally, but frankly a disappointment for the state. >> phil kwon was not made a new jersey state supreme court justice in the end. still, though, governor christie found phil kwon a very soft