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Phil kwon is and howchristie? >> he was a former nominee to the supreme court. he was not approved for that position and then appointed by christie to a position as an attorney in the legal deparent of the port authority. this is a legal department that has several attorneys. its a large legal staff. phil kwon and at least one other attorney was recommended for jobs at the port authority. so these are people who moved from the christie administration to the legal department within the port autho...

Thats been produced. committee members will review that over the next couple days. simultaneously, more documents are expected to come in from remaining individuals and organizations that have been subpoenaed. this is going to be a process that evolves probably slowly. the meeting, theres going to be a meeting on monday of this joint committee to discuss what these documents contain in the early stages. we just dont know yet. >> the other thing that has emerged since last we spoke, just over the...

Development. you know, was it an attempt to shake down the developers? theres two developers involved. multiple financiers. theres the mayor. we know this development could have been put at risk by traffic. >> one of the things i think thats been under-appreciated here is that the so-called traffic study that was only shut down because the head of the port authority appointed by andrew cuomo on the new york side, patrick foye, shut it down once he heard about it and sent an angry e-mail. in the ...

Being part of a traffic study. he is also crucially and importantly one of the people involved in the scandal who is turning over documents and not pleading the fifth. joining me now is the "talking points memo" rot reporter, hunter walker. what are you trying to find out here? >> as you said before, we dont know what was at the root of these lanes being shut down. brian murphy and steve kornacki on this website and our website put forth this theory if you follow the money, the biggest most expe...

A meeting on monday of this joint committee to discuss what these documents contain in the early stages. we just dont know yet. >> the other thing that has emerged since last we spoke, just over the past few days, was allegations from david wildstein subsequently backstopped by some reporting from "the wall street journal" that a man named philip kwon spent allegedly parts of four to five days preparing bill baroni for his testimony to the legislature on these matters, testimony we know was misl...

E-mail traffic both about retaliating after the new york side re-opened the lanes and also about the order to close the lanes in the first place. so one of the most significant things in this document was it shows that meeting between sokolich and baroni which "a" sort of gives the lie to the traffic study explanation. >> yes. exactly. there was a traffic study. he knew exactly what the situation was. >> the meeting they had was talking about strategies to reduce traffic. >> right. >> so what so...

Senator baronis own testimony. and theyve taken responsibility publicly, both of them, for the mistakes that were made. as far as im concerned, thats it. you guys all want to keep chasing it around, chase it around. its your business. but im not running around doing independent investigation. >> what evidence makes you accept there really was a traffic study? >> because they told me. i have no reason to believe that they lied. they told us. i didnt have direct conversation with them, but they to...

When in terms of responding to it. his earlier denials versus his later admissions. in terms of what the way his staff was involved. do you get the sense that those matters are now settled or do they continue to evolve? i know at the "record" youve been trying to track the evolution of his statements. do you get the sense weve now got a firm timeline from him? >> we do have firm dates on certain aspects of this. i think its going to move forward. to me, there are three fundamental questions. whe...

Managing this fallout. the timeline about the governors involvement, his knowledge of what happened, what he -- who he tasked to do what when in terms of responding to it. his earlier denials versus his later admissions. in terms of what the way his staff was involved. do you get the sense that those matters are now settled or do they continue to evolve? i know at the "record" youve been trying to track the evolution of his statements. do you get the sense weve now got a firm timeline from him? ...

2012, the preliminary plan. the financing was being locked up right as these closures were happening. so it seems a very sensitive moment in the project. >> youve got four people that have lost their jobs over this or had ties severed. bill stepien, former campaign manager. bridget anne kelly, deputy chief of staff. youve got david wildstein who had a sort of nondescript job at the port authority as the eyes and ears of crist tihristie and. wildstein turned over documents, basically says ill tal...