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It was also the day that subpoenas were handed out. governor christie's office announced it hired a law firm with the name of gibson and crutcher. he's a former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. randy master has also lots of experience prosecuting mafia cases. side note for you there. and bridgett kelly, the staff member who sent that infamous e-mail that said time for traffic problems in ft. lee, she's hired her own lawyer from a big new jersey firm reported to have close tie to the christie administration open one of the new jersey assembly also has hired a lawye...

Them, some of them may not. >> reporter: cnn has obtained a list of those being subpoenaed. his communications director and his attorney general nominee. also names already cited in e-mails, like the chairman of the port authority, his press secretary and his former deputy chief of staff. the request for documents comes from knewly hired -- newly hired special counsel reed shar. to republicans, that's a point of contention. >> there are 56,000 lawyers in the state of new jersey. couldn't you find one? >> reporter: democrats said they wanted not only competence, but the best in the country and ...

Interest in getting to the bottom of this investigation. but they will have about the same powers. and they will be looking at the same things. but we expect that the real action will come from the assembly and that committee hearing there was a special council appointed, reed shar, you'll see him pictured there, he was a former assistant u.s. attorney in illinois and he led two corruption cases against rod blagojevich who was the governor of illinois who is now of course in jail. the christie administration has also lawyered up. assistant u.s. attorney in new york he is there to lead the inte...

As quickly as possible, but the document, the resolution empowering this special committee with special prosecutor reid schar, it has if necessary until january 2016. >> two years. >> this could go on. we remember the days whether it was the white water investigation of governor clinton, these things start with a narrow focus and sometimes this is the risk for governor christie, i'm not saying they've done anything wrong, the risk is it becomes a distraction even if you've done nothing wrong. it could go on a long time and a lot of people around you paying. >> he's out of the picture now. he s...

They've stuck with this for months now going way back to september when lots of people said, forget it. this is small stuff. now the rest of the legislature has shown they understand this is an abuse of power. >> the state attorney general in new jersey has brought on former assistant u.s. attorney reed shar as the special counsel for the committee. what does this mean for the investigation, you think? >> well, that it is serious. this is not just petty political politics. the act at the bridge might have been petty political politics, but this abuse of power where the governor has received po...