mr. odowd's confirmation hearing.is the job of the attorney general to investigate and prosecute criminal activity in the state. as it happens, new jersey has a very clear criminal statute about official misconduct that may be relevant here. i will share it with you. this is from title 2c, subtitle 2, part 4 chapter 30 of the new jersey code of criminal justice. "public servant is guilty of official misconduct when, with purpose to obtain a benefit for himself or another, or to injure or to deprive another of a benefit, he commits an act relating to his office but constituting an unauthorized exercise of his official functions. knowing that such act is unauthorized or he's committing such act in an unauthorized manner." new jersey law is clear, and it seems relevant to the kind of activity that has both been alleged and documented among the governor's top staff and appointees in this bridge shutdown scandal. the question, now, is who enforces the law in new jersey? chris christie's chief of staff? the direct boss of t

odowd. we should make it clear that mr. o'dowd has in no way been accused in this scandal.reach of staff, though, chris christie nominated him to become the next attorney general of the state of new jersey. to become new jersey's top law enforcement official. now, of course, with governor christie saying he's been blind sided about the but revelations, reports want to know now if anything about the plan for kevin o'dowd's next job might be changing. >> oh, absolutely not. kevin's confirmation hear willing go forward on tuesday, and i expect, you know, heel billion vigorously questioned like any candidate for attorney general should be, and i expect that he'll get swift and certain confirmation because he deserves it. >> no problem, governor christie says. my chief of staff deserves to be attorney general for the state. i expect he'll get swift and certain confirmation. remember, it's only his deputy that i fired for the shut down of ft. lee. why would that affect him? if governor christie's chief of staff is confirmed as attorney general, then kevin o'dowd might get himself