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Questions. the biggest question being why? why did chris christies aides close down those access lanes to the george washington bridge? what did they hope to gain from it? did they hope to gain anything? so far there are many competing theories, some more well documented, some more plausible than others. the next question, who else might have been involved? this week "wall street journal" reporter ted mann published photographs, the authority who arranged the lane closures, the third day of the ...

He established his reputation as hard-nosed federal prosecutor who took on corrupt state politicians. his reputation had been burnished when a sting operation started under his wash at the u.s. attorneys office, ended up and resulted in the roundup of dozens of state officials. the evening of august 17, 2009, less than two months from the election, some troubling new information about chris christie emerged. >> an exclusive tonight on the governors race. weve learned that republican gubernatoria...

0 >> just a few months before that meeting at the beginning of 2013 conservatives in the u.s. house were holding up billions of dollars in sandy recovery funds claiming a concern about runaway government spending and rising deficits. they were members of chris christies own party. that didnt stop the governor from saying this. >> theres only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims, the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. it this is not a republican or...

Christies administration according to our source about the toll hike. >> hes fighting, in the toll hike investigation, he fought turning those over, has not been told to turn them over, if they exist. his attorney, in that matter, fighting those subpoenas is the same attorney he just hired. >> yes. not very pleased about that is the port authority of new york and new jersey who sent a message today to that law firm saying what are you doing taking on another client that potentially creates an in...

You can imagine him insisting on the right to silencesilence, tae fifth. ill take the fifth. send me to jail. hes not doing that. he is willing to deal. in the movies, this is how conspiracies start. this is not the movies, this is new jersey. joining me is ted mann. thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. >> 20 subpoenas from the assembly today. david wildstein and a lot of other people including the governors office. what do you think is the importance in this story and investigation? >> the...

Another client that potentially presents a great conflict of interest here because of our overlapping and potentially, you know, conflicting interest here. >> fascinating. i think that your piece today is the first one that lets people read in maybe as much as they should do governor christies choice of attorney in this matter. it helps a lot in terms of understanding the decision making here. ted mann, reporter for "the wall street journal" on this story from the very beginning. thank you very,...

0 these people who you see on your screen here, they were told that they have to hand over their cell phones. cell phones, smartphones, ipads, any other personal digital devices that they use in any capacity, including a personal capacity, at any time, from september 2012 to the present. the people who have been personally served subpoenas now include, of course, bridgette kelly, governor kellys deputy chief of staff, who sent that e-mail in august, that said, time for some traffic problems in f...

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With everything i had against this guy. >> let me go back to ted mann and his story. where are the likes of the story heading right now? to the witness box? to people under oath in trenton? where is it going? >> as far as testifying, we should learn from the example of david wildstein the other day which is show up and take the fifth. >> you think ail all do that? >> he was held in contempt by the committee, but then his lawyer said basically he would have said more if he had been granted immuni...

Compared to what were used to seeing, some of the bombastic comments and bravado that he has brought to the state of the states in previous years. but i think in the introit was very well said. bridgegate defines him. it doesnt define us as a state. it defines him and his actions. and while he did not focus much on it today, and i actually think that was appropriate, because we have to get to the business of the state, the truth of the matter is the governor keeps apologizing to the people for h...