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Mr. wildsteins lawyer confirms what the governor had said all along. he had absolutely no prior knowledge of the lane closures before they happened. and whatever mr. wildsteins motivations were for closing them to begin with, as the governor said in a december 13 press conference, he only first learned the lanes were closed when it was reported by the press. and as he said in the january 9th press conference, had no indication that this was anything other than a traffic study until he read other...

Notification it was anything other than a traffic study. its different than what mr. wildsteins lawyers are claiming, right? >> its very carefully worded. they are saying he first learned about it in press accounts. which account it is, we are wondering about that. there was the original traffic call about this lane closures on friday, september 13th. then there was the story we had on october 1st. the governor mentioned both stories in terms of when he learned about it. we are trying to gain cl...

Directly from the governor. >> absolutely. >> and that is something that has to be clear. >> absolutely. >> as well as this statement i want to read that came from the governors office. in part, he confirms what the governor has said, he had no prior knowledge. and whatever mr. wildsteins motivations were for closing them to begin, as the governor said in a press conference, only first learned lanes were closed when it was performed by the press. and as he said, had no indication this was anythi...

Jefferson said. i am not calling for that. im not saying this is a crime but there is a pattern of bullying that this governors had throughout his term in office and this fits into that. >> that, of course, is what he has to put all of those sound bites back into headlines. they both agree, both steve and paul, that this is not a bombshell which seemed to be our take reading it. im not a lawyer. if we find out that he knew it before and that it wasnt a traffic study -- >> thats a different story...

The statement goes on to point to these comments he said in press conferences in desz and january. take a listen. >> and i knew nothing about this. and until it started to be reported in the papers about the closure, but even then i was told this was a traffic study. >> still some confusion about exactly what christie was referring to in that last statement, the closures themselves or the retribution plot. but the new jersey star ledger had an editorial this morning calling for christie to resig...

Started -- we talked a little bit about this ex- port authority official who says that christie know about the lane closures, if there was evidence it would be damaging. >> not necessarily, the article, i could go after christie with the article and defend him with the article. the fact that he might have known about it doesnt mean he knew why they were doing it. now, what is weird about it is why would the governor in the state know about lane closures unless he did know why they were doing it....

He had no prior knowledge of the lane closures and whatever mr. wildsteins reasons for for closing them to begin with. he first learned lanes were closed as reported by the press and no indication that this was anything other than a traffic study until he read otherwise the morning of january 8th. theres still some lingering confusion about the governors timeline because there have been a few discrepancies, but hes sticking by the bottom line that he didnt know about the closings ahead of time, ...

Or that he knew about the lane closures ahead of time. so christies administration responded in a statement saying mr. wildsteins lawyer confirms what the governor has said all along. he had absolutely no prior knowledge of the lane closures before they happened. as the governor said in a december 13th press conference, he only first learned lanes were closed when it was reported by the press and as he said in his january 9th press conference had no indication that this was anything other than a...

Truth. in a letter he says, quote, evidence exists, as well, tying mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference. mr. wildstein contests the accuracy of various statements the governor made about him and he can prove the inaccuracy of some. this is what the governor said in part. >> i had no knowledge of the planning or execution or anything about it. and then i first...

Along. he had no prior knowledge of the lane closures before they happened. and whatever the most motivations for closing them to begin with. it cites him. >>. the first i ever heard about the issue was when it was reported in the press. >> reporter: and this january 9th news conference where he asserts he didnt learn the back story that the lane closures may have been political retribution until the morning before. >> i knew nothing about this until it started to be reported many the papers abo...