GWB scandal: Federal prosecutors meet with attorney assisting legislative investigation
Source: Bergen Record
Saturday, February 1, 2014 Last updated: Saturday February 1, 2014, 5:43 PM
BY SHAWN BOBURG
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Federal prosecutors met on Friday with the attorney assisting with a legislative investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closures, the attorney said Saturday, while pledging to avoid interfering with the criminal probe.
"I met with the US Attorney's Office on Friday," special counsel Reid Schar said in a statement. "Based on the meeting, I am comfortable that the Committee's investigation may continue. As we proceed we will be mindful of the need to avoid taking steps that could inappropriately impede any investigation the U.S. Attorney's Office may be conducting."
The meeting fell on the same day that a lawyer for David Wildstein, a former Christie ally, released a letter claiming there was evidence that Christie knew about the lane closures as they were happening in September. Christie has said he didn't know about the closures until after they were reversed.
There are two parallel investigations into the closures: one by federal prosecutors looking into whether federal laws were broken and another by a joint committee of legislators with subpoena power. The legislative committee has issued 20 subpoenas to 18 individuals, including members of Christie's staff, and his re-election campaign. The responses to those subpoenas are due Monday.
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The noose is tightening. Wonder what those documents due tomorrow are going to yield?
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