Taxpayers will reportedly pay $85,000 dollars for the official portrait of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.??????Paying a hefty lump sum of money for official portraits is nothing new for tax payers, however, Christie's portrait is still around $10,000 more than the combined costs of the three New Jersey governors before him, the Hill reports.??????The hill reports the official portraits are paid for through a taxpayer funded transition account of $250,000 dollars.??????This isn’t the first time Christie has been criticized for spending taxpayer dollars.

During his first five years in office he reportedly spent $300,000 of taxpayer dollars on food and drinks.??????He also took some heat this past summer for staying at a state-owned beach park, the day after he ordered all of them to shutdown. ??