Well, this is awkward - GOP Email Scandal Explodes

[ashling]

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/12/clinton-attack-dog-chris-christie-accused-hiding-9428-emails-documents.html

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie loves to pontificate from on high about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton using a private email server during her time as Secretary of State. Christie has accused Clinton of not waning the public to know what she’s doing, saying “She believes we don’t have a right to know. When I’m president of the United States, you have a right to know what your president is doing.”

So it’s kind of bad that hours after Chris Christie puffed that he was uniquely qualified to “prosecute the case against Hillary Clinton” in the Fox Business GOP debate, papers were filed in federal court accusing him of hiding thousands of documents.

… Including emails. A lot of them. 9,428 to be exact.

Andrea Bernstein and Matt Katz laid out the case in WNYC:

Christie’s legal team is inappropriately hiding thousands of documents related to the Bridgegate scandal, the two defense lawyers argued in briefs filed late Tuesday. Among the hidden documents, the lawyers say, are emails to and from the governor’s personal and work email accounts and a calendar entry from the week when an order was delivered to close lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013.
The reporters note, “At least 16 of those emails were sent from top Christie aides to former Port Authority appointee David Wildstein, who pleaded guilty in May to felony corruption charges for the politically-motivated lane closures, and Bill Baroni, the former top Port official who has pleaded not guilty in the case.”

[COLGATE4]

1. OOPS!!!

[Stuart G]

8. I will 2nd that OOPs!!!!!! Who will third? (of course, k and r)

[randome]

11. More like "Oops. I did it again!"

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]

[yellowcanine]

41. Fourthing that OOPS!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Christie's 'youthful email indiscretions'?

[Wounded Bear]

3. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...

[JHB]

35. You're gonna need a bigger curtain. n/t

[merrily]

4. Go prosecute yourself, Chris.

[maxrandb]

5. Darn Liberal Media

it's their go-to Get Out of Jail Free card

[NewJeffCT]

13. and just when some in the mythical liberal media

started talking about a Christie comeback.

[SunSeeker]

6. K & R

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Heh heh heh at "pontificate" (from the Latin pons + facere: to make a bridge)

[mountain grammy]

9. Very good, very good!!!

[colorado_ufo]

18. Love it!

[lark]

10. So freaking typical

Repugs accuse others (loudly) for things they do themselves. Bush also had a private email account while governor of FL, as did Scott Walker, Christie, probably all of them.

They have no shame or conscience at all.

[Thespian2]

12. K & R!!!

Criminals have to be criminal...

[d_legendary1]

14. Until I see Krist Krispy sporting some shiny new bracelets on each wrist

this'll be more "we have evidence but not enough to prosecute" stories we keep getting on the feeds.

[NJCher]

40. this might be different

Personally, I'm with you and was thinking about this the other day--like WTH is taking so long? They have had long enough to wrap this up.

Well, it looks like he's so good at stalling that he has indeed been able to keep them from incriminating documents.

Perhaps, if these documents are obtained, they might have what they need.

And in terms of the length of time, the investigators can't very well issue a press release with the headline: "Investigation Taking Forever Due to Christie's Superior Stonewalling Skills."

This confirms to me that Christie is just as big of a nut as Trump and Carson--it's just that his particular neurosis is a little bit better concealed. He firmly believes in himself, when no one else does. Delusional.


Cher

[gademocrat7]

15. K&R

[MynameisBlarney]

16. All this Schadenfreude

is gonna give me a cavity.

[gregcrawford]

17. When the Asbury Doughboy...

... is squeezed into an orange jumpsuit like an overstuffed sausage, who will help him put his socks on?

Payback's a bitch, ain't it, Christie?

[DebbieCDC]

34. OMG, "Asbury Doughboy"

[colorado_ufo]

19. How is it humanly possible to have so little sense of shame?

[ashling]

30. 1 word:

psychopath

[Tab]

20. I don't know, that sounds like it does make him uniquely qualified

jury of your peers, and all that...

[Stuart G]

22. and I hope the jury gives him some time with some others..kinda like.."time out"

maybe then the arrogant asshole will learn how to act..note I said...................maybe.........................

[Oilwellian]

21. Governor "I Don't Know" Christie

[Turbineguy]

23. No problem

There's no scandal when you propaganda machine is better.

[Denzil_DC]

24. LOL n/t

[oldandhappy]

25. Truly amazing. Thank you.

[procon]

26. Nothing to see here folks, it's just IOKIYAR, move along now.

I'm tellin' ya, It's OK If You're A Republican. They can lie, cheat, steal and anything else they want to, because their voting base will let them get away with it as long as they keep saying bad stuff about the groups those voters hate.

[RussBLib]

27. or they'll say that "I asked forgiveness, and God has forgiven me"

and who are you to question the Lord?!?!

[procon]

29. "Well, god told me to", is another handy evasion. nt

[spanone]

28. it's not awkward at all. it's the way christie is. thinks he's above the law.

'crooked as the day is long'

[daybranch]

31. It aint over until the fast man sings!

[malaise]

32. I did promise DUers that the shit would hit the fan

I can't wait for Wildstein - chocolates coming up

[Unknown Beatle]

33. This shouldn't come as a surprise.

Some of them are (republicans), either in part or whole, liars, cheaters, adulterers, homophobes, racists, etc., but they're all hypocrites. They're the party of highly dysfunctional family values.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. He who smelt it, dealt it.

[shadowmayor]

37. Time for introductions

Um Gander, meet Goose.

[blackspade]

38. Fucking hypocrite.

Not that it's unexpected!

[Generic Brad]

39. Bridge-ghazi!

I am beginning to think "Ghazi" means "The -gate That Never Ends".