Former Attorney General John Ashcroft on Tuesday aggressively defended a multimillion-dollar contract his company was awarded to monitor fraud settlements, denying that it presented even the appearance of impropriety.
Ashcroft, testifying at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, said that an Indiana medical equipment company and New Jersey U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, a former subordinate of Ashcroft’s when he was attorney general, “agreed to seek my services,” without his knowledge and then offered him the work. Ashcroft testified that he did not bid for the contract, nor did he know whether the parties had considered others to monitor the settlements.
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