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Lane realignment, while it was going on and in its aftermath, the members of the governors office, some of them became aware of the lane realignment, inquired of port authority representatives, and were told this was a legitimate traffic study and that it was an operational issue for the port authority to deal with. we further found that as the controversy grew by early december, as there were rumors about potential of others involvement, appropriate steps were taken to try to determine if anyon...

Integrity and independence, to report directly to the governor, and to issue periodic reports to the public, as both a resource, a sounding board and a place to go for complaints within the governors office. and weve recommended separately the appointment of a chief ethics officer for the office of the governor to be responsible for ethics enforcement, conflicts, issue resolution, and training. and that that person should have a direct reporting relationship both with the chief counsel to the th...

Happy thursday, reiders. welcome to the reid report for thursday, march 27th. were getting our first look at the report. governor chris christies office says clears him in the george washington bridge scandal. >> no evidence that anyone in the governors office besides bridget kelly knew of this idea in advance or played any role in the decision or the implementation of it. so, yes, our mindings today are a vindication of governor christie, and what he said all along that he had no knowledge of t...

Kelly, they didnt talk to bridget kelly -- >> she was a hard get. >> not a hard get when he fired her. >> but dont you think at that point he was already be advised that would be a complicating conversation -- >> thats what he was saying. hes fired other staff members before and talked to them before hand. but its -- the report itself theres a couple of interesting things in here. one that i just spotted a minute ago, this is something not been publicly reported before now. theres an insinuation...

The decision to implement the lane realignment, while it was going on, and in its aftermath, the members of the governors office, some of them, became aware of the lane realignment, inquired of port authority representatives and were told this was a legitimate stud,and appropriate issue for the port authority to deal with. we further found as the controversy continued, as there were rumors about the governors involvement, appropriate steps were taken to try to determine if anyone else in the gov...

Our findings today are a vindication of governor christie and what he said all along that he had no knowledge of this lane realignment beforehand and no involvement in the decision. there is not a shred, not a shred of hard evidence that the governor did anything other than he has publicly said. >> that was from this mornings press conference, and despite those strong denials, the report has interesting stuff in it. it acknowledges the port authority official who oversaw the lane closings, david...

Prediction, it doesnt address some of the most important questions at all. why, exactly, former members of christies administration ordered these access lanes from ft. lee, new jersey, on to the george washington bridge, to be closed for what became a four-day stop causing traffic jams and delayed school buses and emergency responders under the guise of a new fictitious traffic study? what the report did do was exactly what skeptics have long predicted. tried to provide cover for the embattled g...

Give us that crucial new piece of information then they conclude this. look. "the lane closures, the lane realignment based on all available evidence does not appear to have been based on mayor sokolichs decision not to endorse the governor." really? except for the fact that she called to confirm that he wouldnt endorse right before she said, oh, hes not endorsing? thats all i need to know. time for some traffic problems in ft. lee. they give us that information and then assure us that the endor...

Christie had no knowledge beforehand of this george washington bridge realignment idea. our findings today are a vindication of governor christie and what he said all along that he had no knowledge of this lane realignment beforehand and no involvement in the decision. there is not a shred, not a shred of hard evidence that the governor did anything other than he has publicly said. >> that was from this mornings press conference, and despite those strong denials, the report has interesting stuff...