CHRISTIE's Bridgegate patsy subpoenaing his cell phone, which was never turned over to Feds
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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/chris-christie-never-turned-in-cell-phone-during-bridgegate-investigation-feds/
[font size=5]Chris Christie never turned in cell phone during ‘Bridgegate’ investigation: feds[/font]
TRENTON -- What happened to the cell phone Gov. Chris Christie was using during the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge is becoming a crucial part of the criminal defense of a key Bridgegate defendant.
During a Monday afternoon Statehouse press conference, the governor told reporters it "doesn't matter to me" if defense attorneys for Bill Baroni, the federally indicted former appointee to the Port Authority, get access to the phone, which Christie said he'd turned over to federal investigators two years ago.
"It's in the hands of the government," said Christie. "As far as I know. I don't know exactly who has it. But I turned it over in response to a request from the government, as I said I would. They have the information, they're more than welcome to it."
But the office of U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul Fishman has never actually had the phone, according to a spokesman. ....
Baroni, Christie's former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is under federal indictment on nine counts of conspiracy, fraud and other charges related to the improper lane closures at the George Washington Bridge in 2013.
Last week, Baroni's lawyer Michael Baldassare subpoenaed the governor's Bridgegate smartphone, which was among the items reviewed by Christie administration's lawyers at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher to prepare a report that exonerated the governor of any wrongdoing in the lane closures. ....
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