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Out a statement saying, oh, my god, you guys didnt really believe that, did you? all this time? there was no traffic study, and when he said there was a traffic study, he didnt really mean it. those were colorful statements to the press. he was trying to stick up for his friends, he fell in with a bad crowd. you shouldnt have believed that. today the cover story fell apart. the cover story advanced by the governor himself, advanced by the governors allies, the cover story finally died, and heres...

That lead to the lane closures, he was right, he was telling the truth, there really was a traffic study. he should know, since it was all his idea in the first place. when the port authority executive director criticized what happened on the bridge, it was paul who said that criticism was a load of garbage. paul also helped bill baroni along with the other part of the traffic study cover story, which is that not only was there no political motivation for shutting down the lanes on that bridge. ...

Say we ought to look at having less lanes for ft. lee? >> as i said in my opening remarks, at some point in late july, members of the port authority police spoke to david wildstein, it was triggered by a conversation in late july. >> who were these police officers that raised the issue. >> names? >> paul nunziato. >> after bill baroni gave that testimony about the supposed traffic study being the explanation for what happened on the bridge, mr. nunziato, he was one of the only people who corrobo...

Nothing to see here. nothing to see here. by the time bill baroni appeared before the new jersey legislature in november to sell the legislature on the idea that it was a traffic study, that whole attempt at a cover-up had already pretty much been debunked by then. it was almost two months before that testimony when the head of the port authority was quoted in the media as saying, not only had he never heard of a traffic study, no one else had either. not little officials, not local police. the ...

Approach to the bridge if you limited the local access to the bridge from ft. lee. i dont know if he would go so far as to say it was his idea to conduct a traffic study. >> well, now he says it wasnt his idea. >> right. >> and sbi sbim mags any sbiini press was him using colorful language. it feels the cover story is dead, so now we should talk about what really happened. mr. nunziatos attorney said his client will have much more to say on this matter in coming days and he will not continue to ...

>> as i said in my opening remarks, at some point in late july, members of the port authority police spoke to david wildstein, it was triggered by a conversation in late july. >> who were these police officers that raised the issue? >> the leadership of the port authority police. >> names? >> paul nunziato. >> evers the head of the port authority police officers union. >> after bill baroni gave that testimony about the supposed traffic study being the explanation for what happened on the bridge,...

That was the environment in which bill baroni had to convince everyone it was a traffic study. when he got pressed, he named names. >> why september? what transpired to have somebody say we ought to look at having less lanes for ft. lee? >> as i said in my opening remarks, at some point in late july, members of the port authority police spoke to david wildstein, it was triggered by a conversation in late july. >> who were these police officers that raised the issue. >> names? >> paul nunziato. >...

For a long time they tried to get away with saying it was. by the time bill baroni appeared before the new jersey legislature in november to sell the legislature on the idea that it was a traffic study. that whole attempt at a cover-up had been debunked. it was almost two months before that testimony when the head of the port authority was quoted in the media as saying, not only had he never heard of a traffic study, no one else had either. the wall street journal quoted unnamed sources saying, ...

Newspaper. thank you for being with us. >> always great to be here. >> so paul nunziato, the port authority political union leader who says that he came up with the traffic study idea in the first place now says, actually, i didnt. i was saying that to keep my friends happy. it wasnt true. how important is that? >> its important. it does, as you say, it seems to undercut the whole premise of a traffic study, but i think its quite a while since anybody thought there was any traffic study to begin...

Paul nunziato had nothing to do with nor knowledge of the planning, implementation or closing of the access lanes. and about saying it was a load of garbage that anyone would criticize the lane closures, calling anyone who questioned the motives of the traffic study a conspiracy theorist, he was just trying to be loyal to his political allies. his attorney said my client was trying to be supportive of people who were supportive of his union. as for all those things he said about the traffic stud...