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Chris Christie (Gov)

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) released a new ad Tuesday criticizing challenger Chris Christie (R) for using his power as a U.S. Attorney to avoid penalties for driving, income tax and ethics violations.

While he was New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney, Christie got lost while driving in 2002 and turned the wrong way down a one-way street and hit a motorcyclist, sending him to the hospital. Christie was not ticketed for the incident. He was then pulled over three years later for speeding and driving an unregistered vehicle without proof of insurance. Although Christie was ticketed, he said he was allowed to drive the vehicle home because his four kids were with him.

Christie also has come under fire for a $46,000 loan he made to then-Assistant U.S. Attorney Michele Brown while he was her boss. Christie failed to disclose the loan on ethics forms and income tax returns.

The new Corzine ad takes aim at Christie for using his authority to “get away” with breaking laws.

Here’s the ad:

“If you drove the wrong way down a one-way street, causing an accident and putting the victim in a trauma center … would you get away without a ticket? Chris Christie did. If you were caught speeding in an unregistered car — would you get away without points? Chris Christie did. In both cases, Christie threw his weight around as US Attorney and got off easy. If you didn’t pay your taxes, ignored ethics laws- would you get away with it? Chris Christie. One set of rules for himself. Another for everyone else.”