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And knew he'd have to resign. he identified bridget kelly, bill stepien and others who knew, claiming he had the e-mails to prove it. he mentioned it to the governor, himself, at a public event during the lane realignment. here's where the governor's lawyers earn their million bucks. are you ready? this is a reference that the governor doesn't recall, and even if actually made, it would not have registered with the governor in any event because he knew nothing about this decision in advance and would not have considered another traffic issue at one of the bridges or tunnels to be memorable. in...

Truth. a week earlier he had, in fact, started investigating. independently. what his staff knew and when they knew it. morning of december 12th, 2013, governor christie, himself, asked bill stepien, campaign manager, what, if anything, he knew about the lane realignment. the governor then talked to another of his senior staffers about the same issue and directed that other staffer to do more questioning of other staffers about what happened on that bridge. the governor as of december 12th was directing an independent investigation of what happened on december -- what happened on that bridge. ...

Substance that that was all she needed to know. then 12 hours later, she sent that e-mail, "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." so that kind of makes it seem like, hmm, maybe it was the endorsement issue. maybe it was that lack of an endorsement from the mayor of ft. lee that was the impetus for this whole thing. she called to check to see whether or not he was endorsing chris christie. she heard no. all right. that's all i need to know. 12 hours later, she orders time for some traffic problems in his town. that's new detail. now, as soon as they give us that detail, rather inexplicabl...

That the executive director was a little put out because he didn't know about the so-called traffic study. and he continues to describe the so-called dedicated lanes to -- from fort lee over the bridge. they don't exist. they're a myth. and he adds to that and adds to that. his choice of words, this was a lane closure. it was not a lane realignment. two of the three lanes were closed, and they carry 25% of the traffic that goes over the upper level of the busiest bridge in the world. i say that randy mastro chose words to try to undermine what it is we already know. and i would love randy mast...

He said the national attention was a double-edge sword. the spotlight can turn to a searchlight real quick. he mentioned a number of miscues but then focused on the george washington bridge lane reassignment fiasco. he said words to the effect of, this is a mess and now i have to clean it up. he demanded to know from each of them in that room whether they had any prior knowledge or involvement in the lane realignment. he said he was going to hold a press conference later that day to set the record straight. he told them to come forward with the truth that morning to go tell o'dowd or charles m...