Thanks to the International Prospecting & Mining Journal for this:

State Sen. Wayne Bryant was given a no-show job at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to mask what he was really hired to do - use his political influence to secure more state funding for the school - a federal monitor concluded yesterday.

In a report submitted to U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, former federal Judge Herbert J. Stern said Bryant, chairman of the powerful Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, ultimately was “paid $35,000 per year by UMDNJ to lobby himself.”

Here’s the full story courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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