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This there is no traffic study. nobodys produced it as of today. nobody has produces a traffic study, there was no reason for it. because there are no private roads from ft. lee over the george washington bridge. >> if it was a corner story, and frankly i believe you it was. the traffic study doesnt exist. the executive director of the port authority said it doesnt exist. to the extent we know that the cover story exists and we know it was delivered by bill baroni, do you know who was in on cook...

>> what document is that? >> this is the testimony that bill baroni gave to the state assembly back in the fall. it wasnt under oath. if it had been under oath, he probably couldnt have made it. and when they were going to ask him to do this again under oath the next day, he resigned from his position at the port authority. so this is kind of -- this becomes kind of a smoking gun on putting you in trenton. >> what these subpoenas are all aiming for is who advised him to say what in that testimon...

Pay the salaries of all these folks that might or might not be allowed to testify before us, and i think somewhat in fairness, i think the governors office probably making a distinction between a cabinet member, a commissioner or department head versus staffers in his office. i dont really recall that weve had staffers from the governors office, we will soon see. as you pointed out. >> in terms of these new subpoenas that were released tonight. they went out on monday night. weve all been served...

Mayor of fort lee. also this, anything related to the preparation of bill baronis testimony to the state legislature last november. that was the testimony of bill baroni, he tried to sell the legislature this false cover story of what really happened on that bridge. that was his two hour performance, where he tried to tell them it was a traffic study, even though it wasnt. the new subpoena to governor chris christies office tonight orders the office to turn over all documents and correspondents ...

When mr. baroni delivered it to the prior assembly transportation committee. that was november 25th. dont forget at least six weeks before that imfamous e-mail from the port authority was in all the news media, the e-mail that said this was done with lane closures, was done improperly, they didnt follow any of our policies and procedures. we havent found any reason to have them done. im reversing it, it puts people in jeopardy and very well might have broken both state and federal laws. six week...

>> theres a big focus on what happened after this came to light, there were press reports, you see if you look at the documents that bill baroni and david wildstein turned over, you see a lot of back and forth between the governors office and port authority officials. how do we deal with this? how do we answer press inquiries with, he all know bill baroni worked for the legislature, and he talked about a traffic study. the question, and i think its a fundamental one, how did he come to a story a...

Place? and then six weeks later, this crazy cover-up story, which very respectfully wasnt even good? youre going to come up with a cover-up, at least try to make it sound reasonable. this there is no traffic study. nobodys produced it as of today. nobody has produces a traffic study, there was no reason for it. because there are no private roads from ft. lee over the george washington bridge. >> if it was a corner story, and frankly i believe you it was. the traffic study doesnt exist. the execu...

Joining me now is jonathan. thank you for being here. >> thanks, rev. >> this lies at the heart of the investigation. what do you make of this development that investigators are now focusing on the cover up as a central part of their inquiry? >> keep in mind they tried to push forth this ruse that there was a traffic study for the longest time. remember governor christie spent a lot of time trying to bluster his way through the controversy early on by saying look, a traffic study. i put the cone...

November 25th. this is where he spun out that false tale, the cover-up that it was a traffic study. it wasnt a traffic study. this was the coverup. now we know the investigation is casting a net to try to find out who was in on drafts of that cover story testimony. who was in on the drafts of the cover story that they tried and failed to sell to the legislature to cover up what really happened on that bridge? were any of these people, were any of these offices in on it? was the governors campaig...

His staff had sent out the memo. "the new york times" is not the story. the story is why did the christie aides order the lane closings on the george washington bridge and then engage in what appears to be a cover-up to try to make it look like a traffic study. who knew what when. thats not a story about the "new york times" or anybody else. >> john heilemann, in terms of m.o. here, if this is all the way it seems, which is pushback or whatever the term is, i call it riding the ref, like in a fo...