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protect its political allies when it ended his investigation. the story has been out there for a while. it was a front page story in the new york times just a few weeks before the election. but it barely made a ripple. now, though, the media seems to be taking a second look. the image that christy has long cull valt ted, the reputation t helped to shield him when he went after menendez in 2006 and when the story of bennett barlyn was first told, that image, that reputation, they suddenly seem up for grabs as the george washington bridge scandal and the allegations raised by h hoboken mayor dawn zimmer play themselves out. why was bennett barlyn fired? was the christie administration just trying to protect its friends, even if it meant killing a serious corruption investigation? it seems to be a lot more interest in those questions now than a few months ago. we re going to talk about the
question since january 23 when the u.s. attorney, paul fischman, issued subpoenas of his own in connection with the bridge scandal. many wondered if he would lean on the committee to essentially stand down and to get out of his way. late yesterday afternoon schar issued a statement he met fray daye with frischman s office and based on the meeting i am comfortable the investigation may continue as we proceed schar s statement, continues, we will be mindful of the need to avoid taking steps that could inappropriately impede any investigation the u.s. attorney s office may be conducting. left unclear is exactly what steps could impede an investigation by the u.s. attorney. will the committee be able to release all of the documents it receives from this latest round of subpoenas just like it did when record submitted by david wildstein and baroni came in last night? will there be a negotiated release of doupts or all withheld from the public? and will the committee be issuing any
sheriff trout, if he was not suing the state of new jersey right now for wrongful termination related to that case. bennett barlyn was one of the prosecutors in the hunterdon county office assigned to investigate sheriff trout. he says the christie administration wrongfully stepped in and squashed that prosecution against the sheriff and her gang from the spca. mr. barlyn says he was fired because he spoke up and when he spoke up. he says his firing was politically motivated. mr. barlyn is now trying to get confidential grand jury records unsealed. he contends those records will show this was a real case, a case with merit and should not have been dismissed. a judge ruled in mr. barlyn s favor last summer. christie administration appealed that ruling. this week three judges heard from both sides and have yet to decide if the records will be unsealed. we called today for comment. they told us they wouldn t