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Jersey apparently tried to shake her down. at least thats her allegation. she was asked to support a real estate project and if she did not the governors office would with hold federal funds from hurricane sandy because of that project. she says its the rockefeller project that governor christie wanted built in her city. this comes from others as well. >> the lieutenant governor pulled me -- me aside and said you have got to move forward with the rockefeller project. this is important to the gov...

>> thanks, ed. well get you a shirt. >> all right. thats ted ed. im ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. good evening, ed. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonights lead, a major development in the chris christie administration probes there are new allegations of political corruption involving money for hurricane sandy recovery. allegations that have escalated into a federal criminal investigation. dawn zimmer, the mayor of hoboken, new je...

2013 is not only false but its illogical and does not withstand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. >> with 80% of her city under water after superstorm sandy, zimmer was desperate for relief funds and governor christie visited hoboken promising aid. >> i spoke to the mayor and told her that hoboken is in the front of my mind and were here to help. >> developers have the potential to make huge profits. developers such as the rockefeller group, whose plan to develop an area in north hobo...

Journal. right now, this is a big classic case of he said, she said. hoboken mayor, dawn zimmer has gone public with allegations that kim quau dan know delivered a threat on the governors behalf to withhold much-needed superstorm sandy relief funds for her flood-damaged city if she did not support a development project. >> the fact is, she came. the lieutenant governor pulled me aside and said, essentially, you have to move forward with the rockefeller project. this project is really important...

Kornacki" when she said this and she was pretty clear when she said there was a direct link being made by the christie administration. i dont think theres any doubt of what she said that she heard and what her allegations are. >> by the way, whats the status of that project, the huge development project that they were talking about? >> again, i dont know. i just know that what the mayor of hoboken said, was that it was still outstanding. but i dont know any details about it, wolf. >> you were on...

Unbelievable, but its true. its true and im coming forward and i just didnt feel that we were going to be able to get the funding. i was concern the people werent going to believe me. i mean it is stunning. its outrageous, but it is true and i stand by my word. and like i said, im willing to testify under oath and i think when she testifies under oath were going to see if shes asked to testify under oath, i think were going to see the truth come out because i believe that she will be truthful un...

Judging him -- i think its fair to judge him -- based on the people who are around him and who you surround yourself with. thats a true test of leadership. one thing people forget, he had a lot of baggage already. you remember the book "game change" talked about the mitt romney opposition file, a lot of those allegations havent been proven or veted out by the media. there may be other stories to come. >> drip, drip, drip for his entire staff. right now it has tainted his brand and also his admin...

Withhold super store sandy relief funds for political reasons. hoboken mayor dawn zimmer says christie administration officials indicated that her city would not receive aid if she failed to support a development project favored by the governor. in one of several handwritten notes about the governor that she has made public, mayor zimmer wrote, "i thought he was honest. i thought he was moral. i thought he was something very different. this week i found out hes cut from the same corrupt cloth th...

When she is asked to testify under oath, the truth will come out because i believe she will be truthful and she will tell the truth. >> okay, anything that connects directly to chris christie on this? i mean i understand that he had a relationship with -- youre talking to his lieutenant governor, youre talking to others in his administration, that he has a relationship with this rockefeller group, but, is there -- did he ever say anything to you? did you ever not get funds? i know you didnt get ...

Thursday, so the relationship is still okay? >> well, actually they were in my office, there was one representative from the governors office, there was new jersey transit, it was rebuild by design team, an international design team and we were talking about this plan, this competition that were apart of under hud secretary donovan, its an excellent competition that were working on a comprehensive plan to really protect hoboken and really hoping to move that forward. but my concern is that the g...