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Segami

(14,923 posts)
Sat Jan 18, 2014, 02:29 AM Jan 2014

Rachel Maddow CATCHES Chris Christie’s Staff CHEERING On Appointee Who LIED TO LAWMAKERS




MUST WATCH tonight's TRMS........at link.

Set DVR's to record 'UP with Steve Kornacki' at 8am.




MSNBC host Rachel Maddow showed correspondence on Friday suggesting that several members of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) staff and one member of his re-election team reacted supportively toward a Christie appointee’s testimony before lawmakers that they knew misrepresented the state Port Authority’s handling of the September 2013 closures on the George Washington Bridge. Maddow played audio from the agency’s former deputy executive director, Bill Baroni, telling members of the state legislature in November that the Port Authority was monitoring the effects of the lane closures and that they did not impact emergency medical services in the area, even though documents show Baroni had been notified at the time that this was not the case.



Shortly after testifying, Baroni was told via text message by another Port Authority appointee, David Wildstein, that deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly — who ordered Wildstein to orchestrate the closures — and another person, possibly Christie campaign finance chief Nicole Davidman Drewniak, “were VERY happy” with his performance.“The documents we have so far indicate that not just Governor Christie’s office, in the form of Bridget Kelly, applauded and said, ‘We’re really happy with that false testimony,’ even though Bridget Kelly was in a position to know it was false testimony while she was applauding,” Maddow said. “But now we also know that a person who appears to be a staffer from the governor’s re-election campaign, ‘Nicole,’ said the same thing.” All four people mentioned in the text messages between Wildstein and Baroni — who have since resigned from the agency — were among the members of Christie’s staff and re-election team issued subpoenas on Friday.


Also subpoenaed were Port Authority chair David “General” Samson; his aide Philippe Danielides; spokesperson Christine Lado; a Port Authority police official, David Nunziato, received a second subpoena after also mistakenly denying any negative impact from the lane closures. Members of Christie’s administration served subpoenas included Kevin O’Dowd, the governor’s chief of staff and top pick for the state Attorney General’s office; O’Dowd’s replacement, Regina Egea; chief counsel Charles McKenna; spokespersons Michael Drewniak and Colin Reed; Christina Genovese; Evan J. Ridley; campaign manager Bill Stepien; and campaign staffers Maria Comella and Matt Mowers. The subpoenas call for Christie’s office to turn over all communication records between Sept. 1, 2012 and present day related to the lane closures, including emails, texts, visitor and phone logs, Blackberry messages, notes, documents, instant messages, voicemail messages, diaries, day planners and calendars.



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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/18/rachel-maddow-catches-chris-christies-staff-cheering-on-appointee-who-lied-to-lawmakers/

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Rachel Maddow CATCHES Chris Christie’s Staff CHEERING On Appointee Who LIED TO LAWMAKERS (Original Post) Segami Jan 2014 OP
Yeah, like those assholes at Gov CC's state of state.. getting up Cha Jan 2014 #1
You just might have yourself, Segami Jan 2014 #2
I'm off to watch Rachel's Friday night show Cha Jan 2014 #3
Up with Steve Sienna86 Jan 2014 #4

Cha

(297,655 posts)
1. Yeah, like those assholes at Gov CC's state of state.. getting up
Sat Jan 18, 2014, 03:21 AM
Jan 2014

and applauding his lies. They do not want to lose their meal ticket.

Like the teabagger creeps in the US Congress who cheer when people lose their SNAP benefits and every other thing that goes into their donors fat wallets.

But, who's going to have the last laugh?

 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
2. You just might have yourself,
Sat Jan 18, 2014, 03:27 AM
Jan 2014

a deep, full-throated, gasping-for-air-and-almost-passing-out laugh tomorrow after watching 'UP with Steve Kornacki'.....

Its only a matter of time for the BIG mallet to drop.


BOOM!

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