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Christie Lawyer Trying To Find Out What Reporters Have On The Governorby Eric Lach at Talking Points Memo
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/christie-mastro-reporters
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The legal team representing the office of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has in recent days asked officials in both Fort Lee, N.J. and Hoboken, N.J. to turn over records of their interactions with reporters covering the multiple Christie scandals.
Randy Mastro, the high-priced defense attorney retained by Christie's office, on Monday filed an open records request with the borough of Fort Lee, the town affected in September by the George Washington Bridge lane closures.
Mastro's request, which was obtained by TPM, asks for all documents and correspondence held by Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich and his staff related to the lane closures (which the request calls a "toll/lane realignment" , endorsements of Christie, meetings with members of Christie's re-election campaign, and the topic of access lanes to the bridge, generally. It also requests "all documents that Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich or members of his staff provided to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, or other local or national print, internet, or television media since September 1, 2013 through the Present, regarding any of the above subjects." Fort Lee officials are currently reviewing the records request.
Mastro was hired to help Christie's office produce documents for the multiple investigations into the lane closures. But he is also helping the governor's office with its internal review of the incident.
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dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)Its so obvious that Christie is terrified of what's going to come out.
RKP5637
(67,083 posts)dumped and things would have moved on ... but, at this stage, and the amount of time that has passed, things seem to be more and more intertwined telling me at least there is clearly some involvement at top levels looking for CYA.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)or you want to know what they have so you can rehearse your lies.lol
Gothmog
(144,876 posts)The attorney needs to be careful in that there is an argument that he is interfering with real investigations
Laxman
(2,419 posts)pre-trial discovery under the guise of an internal investigation. Its actually a corporate trick used to discredit whistleblowers and create defenses in discrimination and wrongful termination cases. They clearly want to find out what is out there so they can prepare. They also want to know what additional lies can be thrown out, deduce who talked to the press (internal leaks), choose what evidence they have to turn over now and what prior statements of Christie can be revealed as clearly false.
These are not the actions of an innocent person. This is someone in trouble who is aggressively trying every trick in the book to immunize himself from prosecution by preparation, disruption and obfuscation.