$650/hour Buys Christie A Report....
that exonerates him! They didn't talk to Wildstein, they didn't talk to Bridget Kelly, they didn't talk to Stepien, They didn't talk to Dawn Zimmer but they can conclude Christie is in the clear. Thank's Mr. Mastro, that was some top notch legal work you did there. Like Carnac the Magnificent, holding an envelope up to his forehead and declaring Christie Is In The Clear! Open it up and the answer is "the results of the governor's own internal investigation". Who'd a thunk it? Official misconduct, obstruction of justice, extortion...those words are nowhere to be found (not that anyone expected it). Chalk up whatever the taxpayers have now forked out for Mr. Mastro's sham of a report to the $50 million or so Christie burned from the Sandy funds (that we know about). What a joke! (I mean fiscal conservative)
With his office suddenly engulfed in scandal over lane closings at the George Washington Bridge, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey two months ago summoned a pair of top defense lawyers from an elite law firm to the State House and asked them to undertake an extensive review of what had gone wrong.
Now, after 70 interviews and at least $1 million in legal fees to be paid by state taxpayers, that review is set to be released, and according to people with firsthand knowledge of the inquiry, it has uncovered no evidence that the governor was involved in the plotting or directing of the lane closings.
The review is the first of multiple inquiries into a scandal that has jeopardized Mr. Christie’s political future. It will be viewed with intense skepticism, not only because it was commissioned by the governor but also because the firm conducting it, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, has close ties to the Christie administration and the firm’s lawyers were unable to interview three principal players in the shutdowns, including Bridget Anne Kelly, the governor’s former deputy chief of staff.
But lawyers from the team who led the inquiry are prepared to vigorously defend their work, which they described as an unfettered look into the inner workings of an administration known to prize loyalty and privacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/nyregion/inquiry-is-said-to-clear-christie-but-thats-his-lawyers-verdict.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0
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You've got to be kidding me. Over a million bucks for two months of legal work? A million bucks for a joke of a report? The state's roads are a mess, the budget is a nightmare, the state's credit rating is going down, but we've got over a million dollars for Giuliani's toadie to clear Christie? 
that not only is Christie innocent, his inner circle of senior staff is absolved as well. I can't wait to see the report at 11:30 today! I'll be sure to spread the word that this was all just a "rush to judgement" of the poor misunderstood governor and his little band of cronies.
An internal review commissioned by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration not only clears the governor of involvement in the controversial closure of lanes to the George Washington Bridge, but also additional members of his inner circle, according to a published report.
The 300-page review will be released later this morning in concert with a news conference at the New York offices of the law firm Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, which conducted the review. The full report, with exhibits and appendices, will be available at 11:30 a.m. at: www.GDCReport.com.
Christie will appear in a taped interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC World News that will air tonight. The governor hasn’t held one of his once-frequent news conferences since Jan. 9.
Led by attorney Randy Mastro, Gibson Dunn’s findings “narrow responsibility” for planning the September lane closures to Christie’s former deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly and David Wildstein, a former ally of the governor and top official at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
Citing a person familiar with the findings, the newspaper reported that no one else in Christie’s senior staff was involved in the closures or cover up.
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/03/christie_attorney_releases_bridge_scandal_report.html#incart_m-rpt-1
