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With wildstein in which wildstein says he told the governor something about a traffic study or a traffic issue when they met on september 11th, the report quotes kevin o dowd, the chief of staff, saying the governor does not recall the conversation. it doesn t directly quote where what governor christie remembered about the conversation. i thought that was an interesting and important omission. it s also interesting because when you read it, the language, michael isikoff, it almost sounds like a quote. it almost sounds like we have heard chris christie do the even if i did know i would have thought it was memorable because i m the governor of the state. it is telling there are no quote marks around that or anywhere around the governor s statements. part of the reason, michael isikoff, there are many reasons why i find this report fairly outlandish, one is the presumption that it s exhaustive and complete without talking to any of the major players, but ....
The u.s. attorney. i don t read this as any kind of authoritative report. this is christie s version of events, it s his defense. maybe it s right, maybe it s wrong, but he is not the judge of it. but krystal, if this is just christie s lawyers and a christie report by those defending him, let s remember the man heading up the investigation himself has an interesting has interesting ties to christie. randy maestro is the former chief of staff to rudy giuliani, also happens to be a major ally of christie s. but furthermore, at least $1 million in legal fees for this report will be paid by state taxpayers in new jersey. so this is not an objective report, even appears to be. the taxpayers are paying for this report. it s definitely not an objective report. it shouldn t be viewed as an objective report. it should not be viewed as an independent investigation. ....
Personally involved last year. why would that matter? because the review suggests that relationship have somehow led to the lane closings. quote, events in kelly s personal life may have had some bearing on her subjective motivations and state of mind, saying, goat, her first known communication about the lane realignment in mid-august 2013 occurred around the time that a personal relationship with stepien had cooled, apparently at stepien s behest. what exactly are they implying here about bridget kelly? they re talking about her state of mind after the end of a personal relationship? it seemed christie merely laying out the facts or are they trying to find a scapegoat? back with me now are steve kornacki and crystal ball. ....
What christie said about wildstein earlier this year. i have had no contact with david wild scene in a long time. a long time, well before the election. you know, i could probably count on one hand the number of conversations i ve had with david since he worked at the port authority. i did not interact with david. is this just something else that the governor forgot about, steve? well, this is where it gets interesting, where i think it s important to remember we keep calling it a report. that s probably the best shorthand we can use for this. but the way i really look at this is basically, this is the christie camp s defense. yeah thinking was drawn up by his legal team. this is also the lawyers who are representing him as the u.s. committee conducts an investigation, as the legislative committee conducts an investigation. he is simultaneously being represented by the same law firm that conducted this independent ....
Conversation that happened allegedly at the 9/11 memorial, the report always sides with team christie. and you can see this also in the allegations that steve reported on regarding mayor dawn zimmer and the allegation that sandy aid had been tied up in her approval of a development project. they really go out of their way not just to rebut her claims, but to thoroughly discredit her. and, again, that s another instance where she is saying these conversations happened. the people she is saying that the conversations happened with are of course denying it. and in every instance, they come down on the side of the people who are denying the conversation. so, again, in the game of he said-she said or he said-he said, they always come down in this report on the side of christie in a way that undercuts the credibility of the actual investigation that they claim went on here. now, steve, dave wildstein alleges that he personally told chris christie about the lane closures, but just listen to ....