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Public events. wildstein had almost monthly meetings with bill stepien and the manager of christie's two campaigns as well as lunches and dinners with christie's top outside strategist mike duhaime. and on the day after a news report revealed that wildstein was involved in the lane closures, his calendar had one 14-hour entry, trenton. we reached out to christie's office for comment. they did not get back to us. joining me now is andrea bernstein, the senior editor at wnyc. good to have you here. >> good evening. >> so you went through a lot to get this. so how did this happen? >> so, we were ...

Let me just clear something up, okay? about this childhood friend david wildstein. it is true that i met david in 1977. in high school. he's a year older than me. david and i were not friends in high school. we were not even acquaintances in high school. we didn't travel in the same circles in high school. you know, i was the class president and athlete. i don't know what david was doing during that period of time. >> david wildstein? that little nerd? the height of the bridgegate scandal, governor christie played down his relationship with david wildstein. his former political appointee to th...

Political staff. and, you know every politician has surrounding them their man or their woman -- >> their people. >> -- who's their political gate keeper. and those were the people with whom wildstein dealt regularly. bill stepien who like wildstein was kicked out after bridgegate but at the time all this was going on was sort of the go-to man for governor christie. mike duheine, there were phone records released which showed that mike duheine who is the strategist was talking on the phone with christie frequently and also with wildstein frequently. so christie might not have had wildstein's p...

Has surrounding them their man or their woman -- >> their people. >> -- who's their political gatekeeper. and those were the people with whom wildstein dealt regularly. bill stepien who like wildstein was kicked out after bridgegate, but at the time all this was going on was sort of the go-to man for governor christie. mike duhaime, there were phone records released which showed that mike duhaime who is the strategist was talking on the phone with christie frequently and also with wildstein frequently. so christie might not have had wildstein's phone number on his cell phone as he told his law...

Embedded with christie's top political staff. and, you know, every politician has surrounding them their man or their woman -- >> their people. >> -- who's their political gate keeper. and those were the people with whom wildstein dealt regularly. bill stepien who like wildstein was kicked out after bridgegate, but at the time all this was going on was sort of the go-to man for governor christie. mike duhaime, there were phone records released which showed that mike duhaime who is the strategist was talking on the phone with christie frequently and also with wildstein frequently. so christie m...