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In washington in the speech. whether or not it's going to help him in the scandal, if it turns out what he's saying is true. but i will say, democrats really need to watch and not overplay their hand or christie is going to be able to turn this into a partisan battle, which would benefit him. >> let's talk about one aspect of that, the hoboken mayor, dawn zimmer, of course, from the christie camp perspective is playing politics. she was on cnn last night again standing by her story. >> this isn't something that, you know, you forget. the governor of the state of new jersey tells you in the par...

Christie's aide did the same thing a couple of days later when they appeared together on a television program. in a statement he said, quote, mayor zimmer's accusations are patently false and absurd on their face. i welcome a full and thorough investigation. >> lieutenant governor of the state of new jersey tells you in a parking lot. you remember it. i was very upset and i did a journal entry, you know, a few days later. >> you're saying she's lying? >> well, yeah. she said she would deny it and she's denying it. part of me is not surprised. and my reaction is you're offended? how do you thin...

Victim herself, called zimmer's allegations false and illogical. zimmer spoke to anderson cooper sunday night. >> this isn't something you forget when the lieutenant governor of the state of new jersey tells you in a parking lot, if you tell anyone, i will deny it. you remember it. i was very upset. i did a journal entry a few days later. >> reporter: zimmer also accused richard constable of intimidation for the project. he said the claims are absurd, adding, i welcome a full and thorough law enforcement review. zimmer still supports christie's record as governor. >> he has done very good thin...

Kim gordana communicated what she said was a message from christie himself. she came and made a direct threat to me and said you got to move forward with the rockefeller project. this project is really important to the governor. and she said that she had been with him on friday night and this was a direct message from the governor. and zimme said if you tell anyone i'll deny it. it is stunning, outragious and true. >> she said she wrote a journal entry saying i thought he was honest and moral this week i found out he is cut from the same corrupt cloth that i have been fighting for the last fou...

Lieutenant governor communicated what she said was a message that came from christie himself. >> she came and she made a direct threat to me. the lieutenant governor pulled me aside and said essentially you've got to move forward with the rockefeller project. this project is really important to the governor. she said that she had been with him on friday night and that this was a direct message from the governor. >> then zimmer says she told her this. >> you tell anyone, i'll deny it. it's stunning. it's outrageous but it's true. i stand by my word. >> she said her account is backed up by a jou...