governor, intervened. well, in your piece you showed reaction from several of the jurors in the abrupt dismissal of the indictments against the sheriff s office. in fact, one juror said the prosecutor was meticulous, and so were we. really the case felt like a no-brainer until the state killed it. another juror said, quote, we had no real disagreements. and still another juror said, quote, i still get angry. it was shameful and i keep trying to put it behind me because it was so obvious that this was about politics. mr. barlin, come in. i know you ve got a case now against the governor, but you were bringing a case, you ve got 43 counts approved by a grand jury. you had a case, the grand jurors thought it was a good case. when did you first sense politics was afoot when the governor s attorney general jumped in and pulled it out from under you? chris, we first became aware that this case was somewhat out of the ordinary when after the indictments were unsealed, it was reported in
and still another juror said, quote, i still get angry. it was shameful. and i keep trying to put it behind me because it was so obvious that this was about politics. mr. barlin, come in. and thank you. i know you have a case against the governor. but you were bringing a case. you got 43 counts approve bade grand jury. you had a case that grand jurors thought it was good case. when did you first sense politics was afoot when the governor s attorney general jumped in and pulled it out from under you. chris, we first became aware that this case was somewhat out of the ordinary when after the indictments were unsealed, it was reported in a local paper that one of the defendants, the undersheriff michael russo claimed to subordinates that governor christie himself, not the attorney general, not the lieutenant governor, but the governor himself was going to, quote, step in and kill the case. and subsequent events proved him correct. that s exactly what happened. not the governor, but the
general, who s appointed by the governor, intervened. well, in your piece you showed reaction from several of the jurors in the abrupt dismissal of the indictments against the sheriff s office. in fact, one juror said the prosecutor was meticulous, and so were we. really the case felt like a no-brainer until the state killed it. another juror said, quote, we had no real disagreements. and still another juror said, quote, i still get angry. it was shameful and i keep trying to put it behind me because it was so obvious that this was about politics. mr. barlin, come in. i know you ve got a case now against the governor, but you were bringing a case, you ve got 43 counts approved by a grand jury. you had a case, the grand jurors thought it was a good case. when did you first sense politics was afoot when the governor s attorney general jumped in and pulled it out from under you? chris, we first became aware that this case was somewhat out of the ordinary when after the indictments w