We've heard very little about the state-level investigation since the federal investigation started -- that's because, as it turns out, they've been told by the federal investigators
not to call any more "major" witnesses:
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Those on the "do not call to testify" list include Gov. Chris Christie's chief political adviser, Michael DuHaime, who had several conversations with Christie and Port Authority figures as the controversy grew late last year, and Mark Sokolich, the mayor of Fort Lee, where the lane closures occurred. In fact, the list of those whom the committee has been asked not to subpoena is so long that "no one of note" can currently be called to testify...
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As long as
the state panel contains a member who has been implicated in the scandal, there's not much it can do anyway, since there may be a spy in the enemy camp.
But it looks like they've found something to do:
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...(T)he (state) investigative panel is issuing a subpoena for records of all calls and text messages between Christie and...Regina Egea...(who) was the governor’s liaison to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls the bridge.
Egea told the panel last month that she had texted Christie following a hearing in December at which Port Authority workers refuted what was then the official explanation for the closures, to conduct a traffic study...also reveal[ing] they were told by a Port Authority official appointed by Christie not to alert Fort Lee officials to the closures in advance. That text, however, was not turned over to the legislative panel investigating the closures. Egea said at last month’s hearing she deleted it — an unusual move, as New Jersey law requires officials to maintain records of such communications.
Democratic assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, the co-chairman of the legislative committee...said...“It’s a curious occurrence where two high-profile figures simultaneously delete the same text message. It could be nothing, but it seems curious because a whole lot of other things weren’t deleted..."
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So it looks like one panel's minor witness can be another panel's major one, LOL!