Christie Disussed Wildstein Claims About Bridge Tie-Ups

[kpete]

Source: Bloomberg

Christie Disussed Wildstein Claims About Bridge Tie-Ups
By David Voreacos, Elise Young and Terrence Dopp Apr 14, 2014 9:01 PM PT 0 Comments Email Print


New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s former ally David Wildstein told colleagues that he got clearance from the “front office” for the George Washington Bridge lane closings, Christie told investigators.

Wildstein, once a top official at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, which runs the bridge, told someone that he got permission to shut down the lanes from Sept. 9 to 12, Christie told lawyers from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP. A summary of Christie’s interviews with the firm was released yesterday, along with those of 74 other people who spoke to Gibson Dunn.

An investigation commissioned by Christie concluded on March 27 that he had no advance knowledge of a plot to close the lanes. Wildstein and former Christie deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly sought to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, for unknown political reasons through the tie-ups, according to the report, prepared by Gibson Dunn.

“The governor recalled someone (though he does not recollect who), relaying that Wildstein had said something along the lines of, ‘I’m not stupid; I got this cleared by the front office,’” according to a 12-page summary of three Christie interviews.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-14/christie-disussed-wildstein-claims-about-bridge-tie-ups.html

[Botany]

1. Please ......

“The governor recalled someone (though he does not recollect who), relaying that Wildstein
had said something along the lines of, ‘I’m not stupid; I got this cleared by the front office,’”
according to a 12-page summary of three Christie interviews.

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Funny the Governor's memory always seems a little foggy when it comes to the GWB.

[Sienna86]

2. Christie just trying to taint future testimony

If I were a taxpayer in NJ, I would be very upset about money spent on that "investigative report."

[barbtries]

3. i thnk it was christie's idea.

always have.

[monmouth3]

4. "What're you, stupid?" is one of Christies favorite questions and barbs. Funny how Wildstein

would use the same phraseology....

[global1]

5. Is A Lie Detector Test Out Of The Question For Crispy?......

If Crispy is so insistent that he didn't know or authorize the GWB lane closings he should affirm that by saying he's willing to take a lie detector test.

Wouldn't that clear him if he passes?

[ancianita]

6. This week's New Yorker shows what a snakepit of corruption Christie has rolled in, and now he

has to lie about all his fleas. The article is an eye opener about political games in general, not so much that they exist but how much they're simply "normal," with no thought to ethics or The People's business.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/04/14/140414fa_fact_lizza

[Stuart G]

7. One lie on top of another on top of another..

When one starts down that road, hard to ever get off. Christie seems to have enjoyed the ride for awhile. But he is coming to a cliff and like Wiley, and tricky Dick, he will fall. .......

can I add this...When I watched John Dean testify at the Watergate Hearings, I wondered, can there be proof to this? Is this the truth?. Would Tricky really go that far. So, he did, and worse. and so it will be with the GWB..yes he did, and worse. ...butter anyone?