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How to investigate Chris Christie: Watergate prosecutor talks to Salon
Nixon comparisons now appear appropriate, former U.S. Attorney Frank Tuerkheimer saysJOSH EIDELSON
Minutes before Chris Christie’s press conference responding to Wednesday’s release of damning exchanges among his appointees, the New York Times reported that New Jersey’s U.S. attorney would open a preliminary inquiry. Those messages including a Christie Port Authority appointee saying, “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee,” further fueling allegations that Christie’s administration intentionally snarled traffic in that city to punish its mayor for not endorsing him. State Sen. Barbara Buono, whom Christie defeated in last year’s election, told Salon that the messages “should remove any scintilla of doubt in anyone’s mind that the governor was fully aware and directed it.”
To consider the coming U.S. attorney’s inquiry, Salon called former U.S. Attorney Frank Tuerkheimer, a University of Wisconsin emeritus professor who served as an associate special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation. A condensed and edited version of our Thursday morning conversation follows.
How much trouble legally is Chris Christie in right now?
If he either knew about this stuff, or even worse, if he initiated it or suggested it should happen, then I would think he’s in a lot of trouble politically — and you could probably craft some violation out of it.
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http://www.salon.com/2014/01/09/how_to_investigate_chris_christie_watergate_prosecutor_talks_to_salon/
