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Of the criminal code. and that specifically relates to participating in a stream of benefits in a way that s inappropriate and suggestive of conspiracy. i ve said it from the beginning, that the lane closures are not they re not the things that chris christie should worry about ultimately from a legal perspective. from a political perspective maybe. but even so, i think that would fade if that was all there was here. but when you start you know, authorities, like the port authority and others, the bridge authority, are basically slush piles of money that aren t well controlled. we hear from the governor s office and governors tend to put in their best pals, their cronies. and david samson is connected to a law firm that does all these development deals that are associated with what the port authority does. so almost any time you put a federal prosecutor into the midst of an authority, there s a good chance they can find something. ....
something. so it s whether you draw that prosecutor in. and the use of sandy relief funny. yes. trading port authority money for development deals, these are the things that get to be kind of institutional, maybe more so in new jersey than other places. but if you start looking at it from a legal perspective, it can become very problematic very fast. david samson is 74 years old, he has parkinson s. if he s on the hook for anything criminal here, he doesn t want to die in jail. as i just said, the reporting is there s a lot of pressure being put on samson to flip and give up whatever he potentially has on christie. i mean, ken, david is talking about slush piles of money. that sounds pretty good. i want to figure out how i can get one of those. you ve got to be careful. but ken, i was struck watching that clip of chris christie at the faith and freedom coalition, he is a very talented politician. he s been counted out before and made comebacks. it s very unclear what the ....