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Hearing testimony in the federal criminal probe into the george washington bridge scandal." drunia's lawyer confirmed to abc news his client was, in fact, a witness today, and only a witness. the attorney emphasizing that, "i'm not going to get into the specifics as to what would be discussed in the grand jury. i would say, though, that mike is a witness and we have been assured that he continues to be a witness throughout these proceedings." abc news reports that 23 jurors were impanel at that federal courthouse in newark today as part of this federal investigation led by u.s. attorney paul f...

Empanelled to work on this one case, thatould be a huge deal. it does not seem like a new federal grand jury has been empanelled. it seem like the same grand jury that was there all along. the real new development here, and credit to abc for getting the scoop. the new thing here is that the grand jury, sitting in newark, already looking into this matter, that grand jury has moved on to a new phase of the investigation where they're hearing testimony. witnesses are being compelled to testify before them. we don't know if the governor's spokesman, michael druniak was the first witness or if ther...

Witness is a witness, no more than that. >> in terms of the new reporting today, it does seem like it was a scoop by abc who physically was at the courthouse and saw mr. druniak. i don't mean to speculate on the way they reported this out. it feels like that's how they figured out that michael druniak was there. we have heard nothing from the u.s. attorney's office in terms of the progress of the investigation or the fact that they were interviewing witnesses. you to think it's possible that other people have been testifying and that we're far into the process? >> entirely possible. it sounds ...

>> i have no information about that. as i said, we're here because we were subpoenaed to be here today. we're here because we were required to cooperate. >> does mike have any information? >> i'm not going to comment about anything with respect to that. we're here. we're here to answer questions. that's what michael did today. >> that is michael druniak at the end, the big bald guy at the end of your screen. he's this famously pugnacious, aggressive spokesman. he's famous for swearing at people and screaming at people. it's kind of amazing to see him standing there tight-lipped. abc is charact...