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Lanes to the george washington bridge last september, in what appears to be an effort to intentionally cause those traffic problems for ft. lee. they went on for four days plus. mr. wildstein sat at the witness table in the new jersey legislature last week, refusing to talk, knowing that committee could hold him in contempt for his refusal. that contempt charge has now been referred to a nnk county prosecutor. but its interesting, the threat of being prosecuted for contempt didnt seem to scare d...

When he was claiming the fifth. didnt make him talk. david wildstein and his lawyer told the assembly that day, though, that what they were holding out for, if they really wanted him to talk, was something bigger. >> there are interesting questions raised by who in the governors office knew about the plan to close the lanes or divert the lanes, who was involved, what did they know, when did they know it. and just as equally, who was involved, what did they know, when did they know it when the ef...

Citizens or groups because of their political views is not a phony scandal? could we just get that on the table from you? >> well, if thats what happened, sure. if the fec knows about tax exempt money being used on behalf of partisan candidates, they should tell the irs that because its not legal. >> is that why lois lerner pleaded the fifth? >> theres only one problem with that. thats against the law. >> steve, let him talk. >> go ahead. >> its not a citizen. its two governmental agencies. ther...

Campaigns. >> no, im not. >> yes, you are. thats what youre defending. >> im defending the law. millions of dollars. >> you know what, steve? it was president obama who came out and said -- you know, steve, president obama came out and said this is outrageous, this is wrong, people will be held accountable. >> steve, steve, steve -- guys, hang on a second, guys, wait a minute. >> they are wrong. >> steve, let him finish his thought and then you get to speak. back to jay. jay, finish your thought...

Citizens or groups because of their political views is not a phony scandal? could we just get that on the table from you? >> well, if thats what happened, sure. if the fec knows about tax exempt money being used on behalf of partisan candidates, they should tell the irs that because its not legal. >> is that why lois lerner pleaded the fifth? >> theres only one problem with that. thats against the law. >> steve, let him talk. >> go ahead. >> its not a citizen. its two governmental agencies. ther...

Sunny, though, mcplease. you know, the fact of the matter is that this was a -- >> i think all of you are so jealous and -- >> let him talk. >> please, please. what it did was simply talk to emotion. it didnt speak to evidence. it didnt speak to facts. my most important moment was really a surrender by the prosecution right along the lines youre talking about. when, in fact, the prosecutor mounted the dummy, not that particular act, but the subtleties of what it represented. it was a surrender f...

Youve been wrong every minute. >> mark, you say the most significant moment was when both sides brought out the now-famous dummy. why was that so significant? >> yeah, just in response to sunny, though, mcplease. you know, the fact of the matter is that this was a -- >> i think all of you are so jealous and -- >> let him talk. >> please, please. what it did was simply talk to emotion. it didnt speak to evidence. it didnt speak to facts. my most important moment was really a surrender by the pros...

>> reporter: the state was also to get the pathologist to say that trayvon martin could have been trying to move away just before the shot was fired. >> at that point, you dont know if trayvon martin was backing up, backing away in terms of providing an angle or whether he was going forward, you cant say? >> all i said is its consistent with his account, mr. zimmermans account, thats all. >> its also consistent with trayvon martin pulling back in terms of providing the same angle. >> i told you ...

Could have been trying to move away just before the shot was fired. >> at that point you dont know if trayvon martin was backing up, backing away in terms of providing an angle or whether he was going forward, you cant say? >> all i said is its consistent with his account, mr. zimmermans account, thats all. >> its also consistent with trayvon martin pulling back in terms of providing the same angle. >> i told you that, too, yes, sir. >> reporter: the last testimony of the day was from zimmermans...

Its a white male voice, i would say that its his. >> when you say youve heard him talk, tell us again about how long you have known him. >> by that time, it was 2 1/2 years. >> reporter: perhaps the most powerful statement made in court today didnt take place on the stand, but when mark omara said the defense planned to rest wednesday. martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. >> that may depend on how the judge rules tomorrow morning. lets bring back in our panel. jeff, just -- we talked about thi...