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In reply to the discussion: Another Dem just arrested by FBI. Robert Mueller(R-BushFamilyFixer) set up stings in cities all [View all]blm
(114,736 posts)Set up stings all over the country targeting Dem cities and follow them through - Create the appearance of widespread corruption by Democrats.
Doesn't mean Cannon didn't do it or that he wasn't wrong - just the glaring injustice in being set up in a longterm sting compared to Mueller's indifference to reports of Christie&Co's rampant corruption.
Daily Kos:
The New York Times recently peered into the guts of how the Port Authority has operated since Chris Christie took office in 2010. The results probably don't come as a surprise to anyone from New Jersey, but will still be another nail in the "Christie 2016" coffin. It can safely be concluded that the New Jersey side of the Port Authority is part and parcel of the Christie political machine.
The authority became a means to reward friends (or hire them) and punish adversaries, and a bank to be used when Mr. Christie sought to avoid raising taxes. Major policy initiatives, such as instituting a large toll and fare increase in 2011, were treated like political campaigns to burnish the governors image.
These maneuvers emboldened the Christie team, former Port Authority colleagues say, to close down the lanes on the worlds busiest bridge ensnaring them in state and federal investigations.
When Christie took office, he made much of curbing the Port Authority's reputation for patronage and corruption--for instance, under his prodding, former Port Authority commissioners lost the right to free tolls for life. But it was only a ruse. Soon after he took office, he ordered his appointees at the Port Authority--led by Bill Baroni, David Wildstein and David Samson--to demand that it fund a big project for New Jersey whenever one was planned for New York. For instance, when the Port Authority paid for rebuilding the World Trade Center, in exchange New Jersey got the Pulaski Skyway between Jersey City and Newark rebuilt. The skyway may have needed upgrading, but according to the NYT it's very unusual for the Port Authority to fund roads that don't connect the two states.
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Nothing to see her for Mueller's FBI.