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Away. he made it very difficult for his staff to say i did it. then he said everything that happened between the time of the bridge closings and that day, he believed in the bridge survey, the so-called traffic study. and then he says basically, i only had two reports. my counsel, who may protect him under a lawyer client, and then the other thing was my chief of staff, odowd. it seems to me, assembly woman, that he has set up construction here very cleverly to prove that he had nothing to do wi...

Know, the approval process. they commissioned a traffic study. the traffic study explicitly concluded that one of the -- that anybody who, any tenant here would have speedy access at rush hour. peak travel times. speedy access to the george washington bridge. that conclusion was used in a brochure that one of the developers put out like basically a brochure for, hey, you want to come be a part of this? one of the top selling points on the brochure was the proximity to the george washington bridg...

They re-open the lanes. financing, for something like, you know, financing for any project, especially a billion-dollar redevelopment project is very fragile. and the value of that land, and the value of that project is completely and totally linked to the access to the george washington bridge. the fact that youre a resident, if youre a tenant, if youre parking in a lot, going to one of the restaurants. anybody whos going to have anything to do with this massive billion-dollar redevelopment pro...

Wednesday when the e-mails came out. >> right. >> thats just not possible. it was the most fake study. >> im sorry to interrupt. in your article, you point out thats the portion of chris christies story you that believe will unravel regarding this claim that he did not know that until the e-mails hit that it was a fake traffic study. but another thing that many people point to that appears to be unraveling is his contact. christies contact with david wildstein. "the wall street journal" now has ...

Incumbent jon corzine during debate preparation. he was appointed to the port authority for a job that paid $289,687 a year. several days before he resigned, he testified the lane closures were a part of a traffic study. >> he testified there was a traffic study. there still may have been a track study. >> reporter: good news for baroni. he was not under oath. he resigned. next bill stepien. he was the campaign manager. one of his inner circles, known as the governors enforcer. he was the nomine...

On topic. the last week has certainly tested this administration. i dont know whether this was a traffic study that then morphed into a political vendetta. mistakes were clearly made. i worked the cones actually. well cooperate with all appropriate inquiries to ensure that this breach of trust does not happen again. >> on the advice of my counsel, i assert my right to remain silent. >> on the advice of counsel, i assert my rights to remain silent. >> i havent had contact with david wildstein in ...

>> well, the obvious question first that has gotten so much attention from bridget anne kelly is what did she mean its time for traffic in ft. lee? the questions are lengthy. i want to know about a traffic study that the governor said he never had anything to do with traffic studies, but we know from some of the documentation that in fact he was involved with authorizing other traffic studies. i want to know -- >> he was involved in other traffic studies? >> according to the documents that we al...

They re-open the lanes. financing, for something like, you know, financing for any project, especially a billion-dollar redevelopment project is very fragile. and the value of that land, and the value of that project is completely and totally linked to the access to the george washington bridge. the fact that youre a resident, if youre a tenant, if youre parking in a lot, going to one of the restaurants. anybody whos going to have anything to do with this massive billion-dollar redevelopment pro...

>> he says what youre saying, its just implausible. >> and especially because were finding out that so many different people knew. and at different points way before governor christie says he was blindsided and he learned about it just a couple of days ago. well, that simply defies credibility. it defies credibility. with that many people. and again, governor christie is a tough guy. and i mean that in a good way. he gets thing done. he moves people around. he takes care of problems in his state...

Literal truth. there was a culture around him, a sense around him, a sense of his people that he wanted to play "hardball," that this was governorship with brass knuckles. >> why? he has it won. >> why his office would have made to do this, yeah, this is what chris christie would have wanted to do. punish my enemies. >> he has used the power. >> you raised the question at the top of the show i think is a good one. what was the conversation like when his two pointes to the port authority resigned...