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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...

For the george washington bridge backup. the tone insists chris tee's press secretary is a witness and not the target of any investigation. >> a federal grand jury has now begun hearing testimony from witnesses in the new jersey bridge scandal. this is the first time that has ever been reported. we knew a preliminary inquiry had been started. we had no idea that the inquiry had gone so far that they were subpoenaing members of the christie administration to testify underoath. abc appears to have landed this scoop by spotting a member of the christie administration at the federal courthouse in ...

The grand jury is evidence that the u.s. attorney's investigation has progressed beyond an inquiry and moved to the criminal phase. i'm not sure that is true. i'm not trying to take away from the scoop here. the way they phrased it and what they're implying may not be true. we knew a federal grand jury was involved already. because of the subpoenas. the u.s. attorney has to get a grand jury to do that. that is not news. what abc is implying in its reporting tonight is that a new grand jury has been appointed by federal prosecutors specifically to work on the bridgegate case. theoretically, tha...

I'm not sure that is true. not trying to take away from abc's scoop here, but i think the way they have phrased this and what they may be implying here may not actually be true. we knew that a federal grand jury was involved in the bridge-gate investigation already. we knew that because people had been subpoenaed to submit documents to the u.s. attorney and when a u.s. attorney wants to send out a subpoena, he has to get a grand jury to do that. so we knew there were subpoenas and that means we knew a grand jury was involved. that, itself, is not news. what abc is implying in its reporting ton...