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Jon Corzine’s life and career Jon S. Corzine, the former U.S. senator and New Jersey governor who presided over the collapse of the commodities brokerage MF Global, testified that he cannot explain what happened to “many hundreds of millions of dollars” that the firm was holding for customers.
Dec. 8, 2011
Former New Jersey governor and U.S. senator Jon S. Corzine testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Agriculture Committee regarding the collapse of MF Global.
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Dec. 8, 2011
Jon Corzine testifies on Capitol Hill before a House Agriculture Committee hearing regarding the collapse of MF Global, where he served as chairman and chief executive officer.
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Dec. 8, 2011
Corzine is sworn in prior to testifying before the House Agriculture Committee on the collapse of MF Global.
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Dec. 8, 2011
Jon S. Corzine, former chairman and chief executive officer of MF Global Holdings Ltd., arrives to testify at a House Agriculture Committee hearing in Washington. Corzine told lawmakers he doesn’t know the location of the estimated $1.2 billion in missing client money.
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Dec. 8, 2011
Rep. Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.), left, chairs a House Agriculture Committee hearing into the MF Global Holdings Ltd. bankruptcy in Washington.
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Dec. 8, 2011
Jill Sommers, commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and James Kobak, lead counsel for the trustee for the liquidation of MF Global Holdings, await the start of a House Agriculture Committee hearing in Washington on the MF Global Holdings bankruptcy.
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Jan. 9, 2010
Then-New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens during an interview with the Associated Press at his home in N.J. In November 2011, Corzine resigned as head of brokerage firm MF Global. The millions Corzine amassed at Goldman Sachs have become an alluring target for investors who were crushed by the collapse of MF Global. Corzine isn’t the only former MF executive who may be financially vulnerable after the eighth-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
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Sept. 21, 2011
Jon Corzine, chairman and chief executive of MF Global Holdings, poses with his wife, Sharon M. Elghanayan, during the New York Philharmonic's opening night at Lincoln Center in New York. Corzine is a director emeritus of the New York Philharmonic's board of trustees.
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Nov. 3, 2009
Then-New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) delivers his concession speech at an election night rally in East Brunswick, N.J. Corzine was defeated by Republican Chris Christie.
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Nov. 3, 2009
Corzine, center, hugs a supporter at a campaign event with the Boilermakers Union in Bayonne, N.J., on Election Day in 2009, the day he lost his reelection bid as governor.
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Nov. 1, 2009
President Obama speaks as New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine stands by at a campaign rally at the Prudential Center in Newark. Corzine lost a tight reelection bid against Republican opponent Chris Christie.
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Oct. 19, 2009
A group of Corzine supporters cheer on the incumbent governor during a rally in Edison, N.J.
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The Washington Post
June 29, 2009
As governor, Corzine answers a question before signing the state's $29 billion budget into law outside the statehouse in Trenton, N.J.
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May 10, 2009
Corzine, left, and Jon Bon Jovi pose for a photo at a cocktail reception after the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington.
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April 30, 2007
Corzine, accompanied by son Jeff and daughter Jennifer, is emotional while speaking to well-wishers as he is released from Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J. Corzine was recuperating from an April 12, 2007, car accident on the Garden State Parkway that left him in serious condition with a fractured left thigh and 11 ribs and his breastbone broken.
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April 12, 2007
Corzine's state-owned vehicle is shown after he was seriously injured in a hit-and-run auto accident near Atlantic City. Corzine was en route to a meeting with the Rutgers University women's basketball team and fired radio host Don Imus. Corzine, who was a front-seat passenger and not driving the SUV, underwent surgery for a fractured left leg and broken ribs.
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Reuters
Nov. 8, 2005
Corzine gives two thumbs up after casting his vote in Hoboken, N.J. Corzine beat Republican businessman Doug Forrester to become governor of New Jersey.
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AP
Aug. 31, 2004
Corzine leaves a U.N. humanitarian plane upon his arrival with Richard Holbrooke, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, at al-Fasher airport in North Darfur, Sudan.
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March 31, 2003
Corzine, as a U.S. senator, appears at a news conference with fellow Senate Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) to call for support of increased Homeland Security funding.
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The Washington Post
March 6, 2002
Sens. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Corzine (D-N.J.) introduce the Investor Confidence in Public Accounting Act of 2002 at a news conference on Capitol Hill.
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The Washington Post
Oct. 9, 2001
Corzine, center, was a witness at a hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on effective responses to the threat of bio-terrorism.
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The Washington Post
Jan. 3, 2001
Corzine, as a newly elected senator, greets supporters at a post-swearing-in party at the Mayflower hotel in Washington.
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The Washington Post
Nov. 7, 2000
Corzine, as a U.S. Senate candidate, celebrates his victory in the New Jersey Senate race over Republican Rep. Bob Franks in his hotel suite in East Brunswick, N.J.
Charles Rex Arbogast
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AP
June 6, 2000
Corzine looks at a sample ballot with his press secretary, Steve Goldstein, before voting in Summit, N.J., during his successful race for Senate.
Daniel Hulshizer
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AP
Sept. 23, 1999
Corzine waves to supporters as he announces his Senate candidacy outside his home in Summit, N.J.
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June 15, 1998
Goldman Sachs Co-Chairmen Henry Paulson, left, and Jon Corzine pose in their office Monday, June 15, 1998.
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