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Lot of money during the years that christie has been governor. and i think that the trust that people want to have in that position has been compromised. it's conceivable the governor seems to want to double down on someone i think he would be smarter to say you did a good job, you're a loyal friend, but it's time to go. >> two other quick points on that line if i may. >> go ahead, julian. >> is governor christie made those comments after it was public that there were various e-mails from his senior staff saying that mr. samson was retaliating against people that were criticizing the bridge cl...

Sampson co-founded, has made a lot of money during the years that christie has been governor. and i think that the trust that people want to have in that position has been compromised. it's conceivable the governor seems to want to double down on someone i think he would be smarter to say you did a good job, you're a loyal friend, but it's time to go. >> two other quick points on that line if i may. >> go ahead, julian. >> is governor christie made those comments after it was public that there were various e-mails from his senior staff saying that mr. sampson was retaliating against people tha...

About this operation? how much did he know about the planning? how much was he involved in the preparation of the story that bill baroni gave to the transportation committee? >> are you finding that chairman samson was in close communication with the governor's office or with other top officials in the christie administration? >> well, i think one of the things i've noticed is the port authority no longer was really an independent agency. it seem to be being an adjunct, a desk in the office. it's troubling because this agency is not supposed to be a captive of any one state's governor's office...

Of exactly how much did he know about this operation? how much did he know about the planning? how much was he involved in the preparation of the story that bill baroni gave to the transportation committee? >> are you finding that chairman samson was in close communication with the governor's office or with other top officials in the christie administration? >> well, i think one of the things i've noticed is the port authority no longer was really an tent agency. it seem to be being an adjunct, a desk in the office. it's troubling because this agency is not supposed to be a captive of any one ...

I would hope they would share any information they have that would let me get to the bottom of it, but on the other hand, they have constitutional rights like everybody else, and if they're going to exercise them, there's nothing i can do about that, eric. we're certainly going to be asking and have asked for information from folks and if folks give it to us, great, and if they don't, because they say they're exercising their constitutional rights, i don't think any of us can be critical of someone for exercising their constitutional rights. >> governor chris christie responding to news tonigh...