Top officials loyal to Gov. Chris Christie went to great lengths to make it appear that the closing of several toll lanes was part of a traffic study, according to documents released Friday.
He said he didn’t know a thing.. he fired his staffers.. he had a two hour press conference. Somewhere in there he had lunch.
But really, what did Chris Christie eat and when did he eat it know and when did he know it?
The documents even show that someone from the Christie Administration was physically on the scene during the lane closure..
The NEW YORK TIMES reports this:
In November, as a number of media outlets continued to raise questions, Mr. Drewniak exchanged a series of profanity-laced emails with Mr. Wildstein, cursing reporters and disparaging Mr. Foye, as well.
The documents also indicate that Mr. Christie’s appointees at the Port Authority had discussed the matter with Mr. Christie’s communications director, Maria Comella, as early as Oct. 2, after the second of two articles appeared in The Wall Street Journal. “Comella didn’t think much of the story. Said nobody paying attention,” Mr. Baroni texted Mr. Wildstein.
The emails also suggest the intimate involvement of David Samson, Mr. Christie’s handpicked chairman of the Port Authority, showing that he was aware of the lane closings before they ended on Sept. 13.
One week after Mr. Foye sent him an angry email about the lane closings, Mr. Samson struck back in an email to New York appointees at the authority. He accused Mr. Foye of leaking a memo critical of the lane closings to The Journal. When the New Yorkers said they did not believe Mr. Foye had done so, Mr. Samson insisted, finally warning, “he’s playing in traffic, made a big mistake.”
I am no political expert. Actually politics has made me become physically ill for some time now.. But in this matter, I am very interested. It is amazing how the media is able to propel a man into fame and fortune.. his attitude helps but the media attention creates the aura that he is a man ‘takin care of bidness’.. and then the downfall. The feeding frenzy.
The bigger they are the harder they fall. That may be the case here..
I think there is a larger story than the bridge scandal. These emails may uncover an attitude, not just a potential crime..
It continues to develop.. And the feeding frenzy continues..
Bridge Scandal Papers Point to Cover-Up by Chris Christie Allies
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