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What’s next in the Christie probe: Head of N.J. Assembly committee talks to Salon
What’s next in the Christie probe: Head of N.J. Assembly committee talks to Salon
When it comes to the bridge scandal, Gov. Christie's "explanation is hard to believe," John Wisniewski tells Salon
Josh Eidelson
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The lawyer of (former Christie-appointed Port Authority official) David Wildstein seemed to imply he’d have more to say if he got immunity.
That’s what it seemed like, yeah.
Will that happen? And do you expect more officials you call will plead the Fifth?
That’s something that either the New Jersey or New York attorney general can grant, or the U.S. attorneys of either New Jersey or New York could grant. So I would assume he’s already made that pitch to them, and that’s going to be up to those law enforcement agencies to decide on how to handle that.
Do you have a sense of who spearheaded that coverup effort?
Well, it looks like a collective effort … Communications started coming in right after the lanes were closed. And there were many instances in which (Fort Lee) Mayor Sokolich tried to contact the Port Authority, (Christie appointee) Mr. (Bill) Baroni. And there’s a whole chain of emails where they basically make the point that they’re not going to call him back. There’s one that says, “Radio silence.” There’s another (sentence) which really is ominous, in the sense that it really implies an enemies list: An email that says, “His name comes right after Mayor Fulop,” someone else the administration was unhappy with.
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Is it conceivable to you that all of the statements Chris Christie has made about this scandal since September have been fully honest?
Well, I think anything’s possible. I think that his explanation is hard to believe.
He made a statement the other day, in his two-hour apology, that you know implied that he barely knew David Wildstein. And yet on or about Sept. 11, there’s a photograph: David Wildstein, (Christie-appointed Port Authority chairman) David Samson, Bill Baroni and Chris Christie walking together talking. Not as strangers – talking. An animated conversation. And this is one of the days that Wildstein and Baroni are getting peppered with emails about the lane closures, about Mayor Sokolich being upset about the lane closures and wanting answers.
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http://www.salon.com/2014/01/15/whats_next_in_the_christie_probe_head_of_n_j_assembly_committee_talks_to_salon/
When it comes to the bridge scandal, Gov. Christie's "explanation is hard to believe," John Wisniewski tells Salon
Josh Eidelson
<...>
The lawyer of (former Christie-appointed Port Authority official) David Wildstein seemed to imply he’d have more to say if he got immunity.
That’s what it seemed like, yeah.
Will that happen? And do you expect more officials you call will plead the Fifth?
That’s something that either the New Jersey or New York attorney general can grant, or the U.S. attorneys of either New Jersey or New York could grant. So I would assume he’s already made that pitch to them, and that’s going to be up to those law enforcement agencies to decide on how to handle that.
Do you have a sense of who spearheaded that coverup effort?
Well, it looks like a collective effort … Communications started coming in right after the lanes were closed. And there were many instances in which (Fort Lee) Mayor Sokolich tried to contact the Port Authority, (Christie appointee) Mr. (Bill) Baroni. And there’s a whole chain of emails where they basically make the point that they’re not going to call him back. There’s one that says, “Radio silence.” There’s another (sentence) which really is ominous, in the sense that it really implies an enemies list: An email that says, “His name comes right after Mayor Fulop,” someone else the administration was unhappy with.
<...>
Is it conceivable to you that all of the statements Chris Christie has made about this scandal since September have been fully honest?
Well, I think anything’s possible. I think that his explanation is hard to believe.
He made a statement the other day, in his two-hour apology, that you know implied that he barely knew David Wildstein. And yet on or about Sept. 11, there’s a photograph: David Wildstein, (Christie-appointed Port Authority chairman) David Samson, Bill Baroni and Chris Christie walking together talking. Not as strangers – talking. An animated conversation. And this is one of the days that Wildstein and Baroni are getting peppered with emails about the lane closures, about Mayor Sokolich being upset about the lane closures and wanting answers.
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http://www.salon.com/2014/01/15/whats_next_in_the_christie_probe_head_of_n_j_assembly_committee_talks_to_salon/
Report: Port Authority Chair, A Christie Adviser, Weighs Stepping Down
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024333857
Christie: Vindictive ass or incompetent buffoon
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/09/1268391/-Christie-Vindictive-ass-or-incompetent-buffoon
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