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Theory. and keep in mind, that once people hear the knock of feds on the door, they really start to thinking about what they can do to save themselves. saving themselves usually means finding information that the feds think is valuable, that aims at someone else. >> now, "the times" also reports that prosecutors also have interviewed several local and union officials who were promised jobs or benefits in exchange for endorsing mr. christie, suggesting that the inquiry is looking into the use of ...

Were all deleted. we know there really was no traffic study. thats backed up by all of the documents. we know that this was not just a communications failure, but a deliberate move to make sure that the official family of ft. lee, police, mayor, et cetera, were not given any information about this four-day, terrible traffic jam, which put people in jeopardy. put safety at risk. that much we know. we know that the enabling e-mail came from richard kelly, the governors deputy chief of staff. we kn...

Public. now hes denying hes a bully in private. >> somebody had to give. the thing where the end of this committees work is ending up, somebody either directly or indirectly made bridget kelly think it was okay for david wildstein to make this lane change at the george washington bridge. it seems to have been a larger piece of a puzzle that involves the administration sort of squeezing people and exercising pressure in various municipalities over issues big and small. but operating in a certain ...

Wildstein to make this lane change at the george washington bridge. (h&arger piece of a puzzle that involves the administration sort of squeezing people and exercising pressure in various municipalities over issues big and small. but operating in a certain way that created a culture where they felt immunized to be able to act like this. and i wouldnt be surprised if these indictments, when we see them, are going to involve activities that entailed both constructing and executing this traffic stu...

Busiest bridge. for four days last september, members of christies administration caused an intentional traffic nightmare on the gorge washington bridge. a days long traffic jam was created. and even though governors office insisted it was a traffic study, turns on ut it was a lot more than that. the directive to cause that massive traffic jam came directly from governor christies office. in the form of this one-line e-mail. that e-mail was sent by one of governor christies staff employees. and ...

Samsons significance the past few months may be severely challenged. >> the role of the chairman of the port authority is not an operational role, its a policy role. i wouldnt expect david to be involved in day-to-day operational issue like a traffic study. >> i want to bring in lisa brenn brennan, who broke the story about patrick oreilly. and brian thompson with wnbc is still with us, so is nick. lisa, the name patrick oreilly, tell us who he is, what his role is, and your understanding is of ...

Duhaime that both kelly and s p stepien had knowledge of the traffic study. he couldnt remember because of the high volume of duhaimes communications with stepien during that time. they were christies top two and they cannot distinguish one call from another back in december. for that matter the memo says that duhaime was constantly in contact with the governor about many things and they spoke again on december 12th and twice on the morning of december 13th. december 13th is a key date because t...

Wildstein said he would have not have done the traffic study without him knowing about it. its a short reference to christies office. they spoke and wildstein told duhaime specifically that kelly and stepien knew about the traffic study beforehand. and some time after that duhaime discussed this with stepien and that he knew about traffic study before him because wildstein had come to him about this particular study about the traffic study. but he he told wildstein to take the idea to trenton be...

Is charlie mckenna, governor christies chief council. he secretly met with fishmans office back in january. he knows the attorneys office well, he spent 18 years there as a federal prosecutor. that was before joining christies administration as director of homeland security. thats the position he was in last fall when governor christie says that mckenna was among the two people he asked to look into the lane closures. the internal christie administration investigation into the lane closures he t...

The probe? >> well, you could think that that might be a possibility. hes got a lawyer who was a former prosecutor and itsprose. and its very good lawyering to get in front of a case right away. so from his point of view he didnt want to get buried by the traffic study cover-up. he doesnt -- you know, he just was asked to investigate it by the governor. so hes trying to figure out where the prosecutors are headed so that he can plan his own strategy. >> how big of a deal is it that the u.s. atto...