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Originally Posted by Kathleen
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...Christie('s) first news conference in nearly three months...came a day after a law firm hired by his administration released an internal report that stated the governor was not involved in the decision to close the traffic lanes, which led to four days of gridlock in Fort Lee, N.J...
The report placed blame squarely on Bridget Anne Kelly, then one of his top aides, and on David Wildstein, a longtime political operative and the second ranking New Jersey official at the Port Authority. The governor fired Ms. Kelly, and Mr. Wildstein resigned...
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I wonder why Wildstein didn't tell Samson what he was up to. Shouldn't Samson have fired him?
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Federal prosecutors in New Jersey issued a subpoena earlier this month to the Port Authority seeking records related to Mr. Samson’s potential conflicts of interest. They focused on his votes to award bridge contracts to two large construction companies that have been represented by his law firm, Wolff & Samson...
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Samon's name is mentioned only three times in the report. And his law firm is stacked with clients who do business with the Port Authority. Should Christie have hired him? Surely such a blatant conflict of interest is impeachable enough!
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The Washington Post: Christie said..."David tendered his resignation to me this afternoon, effective immediately."
Christie stressed during the news conference, with a raised voice, that he did not ask Samson to resign, saying that the chairman had raised the idea of leaving about a year ago, and Christie had asked him to stay...
In...the Port Authority's e-mail chains about who leaked the bridge story to the Wall Street Journal feature Samson prominently. He told Scott Rechler, who is on the Port Authority's board of commissioners, "I just read it and it confirms evidence of [authority executive director Patrick Foye] being the leak, stirring up trouble...In] this case, he's playing in traffic, made a big mistake..."
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Of course Christie wanted him to stay -- he can't claim that he didn't know he'd hired Samson! Now he's going to have to explain why. Samson wasn't supposed to go anywhere without having cashed in on the development deals in Hoboken AND Fort Lee -- surely Christie realizes he could be ousted on that alone!
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New York Times: Once considered a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, Mr. Christie...tries to move beyond the scandal — even as...investigations...by state lawmakers and another by federal prosecutors, continue to unfold.
...(A)fter his news conference, Mr. Christie is scheduled to fly to Las Vegas, where he will meet with Sheldon G. Adelson, a billionaire and Republican power broker whose endorsement is coveted by several 2016 presidential prospects...
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Christie almost didn't have a choice but to release Samson: his
sexist self-exonerating report has been going over like such a lead zeppelin that he needed to blow it away by deploying
another weapon of mass media distraction!