the port authority. chip was on duty at the george washington bridge on september 9th, 2013. that would be the first day of traffic in ft. lee. but september 9th wasn t just a normal day at work for chip because he had a meeting with a high-ranking official at the port authority, according to documents submitted to the new jersey assembly. you may recognize him. david wildstein. w-i-l-d-s-t-e-i-n. yes, according to documents submitted by david wildstein, himself, on september 9th, chip michaels appeared to be texting the former port authority appointee david wildstein, it s expletive up here. later the two met in person. michaels took david wildstein for a ridearound to survey the impact on traffic. in the coming days, documents indicate that chip texted wildstein with updates on the traffic. a message on september 10th reads local ft. lee traffic disaster. and chip michaels and david
his team had two responses to these latest claims. on friday, a pretty standard low key defense, but by sat this more personal attack on the former port authority appointee who has been making waves. despite being the host governor good afternoon, arf. knowledges s chris christie did not appear to get the home field advantage saturday as noticeable boos came from a super bowl crowd in new york city s times square. and we look forward to hosting everybody. late saturday nbc news obtained a christie office memo being sent to his supporters that aggressively pushes back against both the new york times which first reported the allegations made by former port authority david wildstein and then takes on wildstein s personal character concluding that? david wildstein will do and save anything to save david wildstein. a former christie ali, wildstein
blowout, i thought the pregame interview was a bit more combative and competitive. the white house was probably, you know, prepared for these kind of questions. the president s been answering them and the white house for a long time. you saw some of the president s frustration of being asked the questions. he continued to sort of say, hey, you know, this is the health care rollout was a problem, but hey, we re trying to fix it. and with benghazi, he said, look, it s fox news that keeps bringing this up. there s been plenty of hearings on this and we re comfortable where we are. i think the president s trying to get by. bill o reilly was making the point, we re going to keep pressing you on this. it s going to continue to be an issue. all right. let s go ahead and get to chris christie and the latest with the george washington bridge scandal. news of a staffer s resignation, also subpoenaed documents are due back. david, what do you think we can expect here? i think it s a problem f
why was that sitting on a shelf somewhere? and the idea that the target was mayor sokolich is a little unsatisfying in that regard because he was not, as far as we know now, some big-time longstanding christie weinberg, hand, is. at least in the eyes of chris christie who once said the press should, quoting here, take the bat on her. imagine some christie operatives at a bar brainstorming ways to get back at loretta weinberg concocting a plan they put on the shelf to use the port authority appointee to jam up traffic. joining me, raymond lezniak. and valerie huttle, a democrat whose district includes ft. lee. in the whole showdown over the court, you were one of the key players along with senator weinberg. he was in the same press conference yelling at you specifically. he was. does this scam to you? who knew when i said i wasn t
christie friend david willstein appeared before state lawmakers. he s the port authority figure who resigned in the wake of all this. when questioned about the affair, he took the fifth amendment. he didn t walk. willstein is the former port authority appointee who allegedly caused the traffic jams by closing lanes to the george washington bridge from the city of fort lee, new jersey. late today governor christie did cause a traffic jam of sorts in fort lee when he arrived at city hall to meet with the mayor, mark sokolicz you ll hear from shortly on this program. we want to you an extended look at governor christie facing the music. i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. i apologize to the people of fort lee. and i apologize to the members of the state legislature. i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team.