and ridiculous flight routes, there s a lot of discussion. remember some of the other players, david wildstein, bill baroni, bridget ann kelly. wildstein pled guilty. bruj et anne kelly dealing with this as an indictment. it s interesting. you go up the tree, there s a branch. we re going to look at that branch. there s another branch, we ll look at that. in bridgegate, the bridge is part of the port authority. it s logical they ll look at the port authority closer. now they look at sampson. what s happening, it s interesting, first of all, united did do very much of a preemptive move and it was a good move. they hired a very prominent chicago law firm, did an internal investigation and removed three executives. now they re in the position of
hub. three months later they added the flight and ended three days after david sampson s announcement of his resignation. un united alerted stockholders about the on going federal probes into the potential involvement in bridgegate. joining me, doug burns, former u.s. district attorney for new york, and jonathan deansst for wnbc. how do we get to this point and are there any more shoes to drop? the investigation is on going. the united airlines says their internal investigation is on going. the federal prosecutors an fbi, their investigation is on going. preemptive strike is how this has been categorized, united airlines stepping forward and
removing top executives involved in these alleged dealings. the question is coincidence, quid pro quo bribery, or was united airlines shaken down to provide this special flight for the chairman in exchange for some of the huge improvements that were going to go on that could have benefited the airline? the legal distinction you re emphasizing is a shakedown might be something that united is less culpable pour. that s the question investigators are looking into. they re nowhere near a decision. but investigation is active and on going. the question what did chris christie go, when did he know it, we re told no reason to suggest any direct involvement or knowledge by the governor. as in bridgegate, here are under links he put in office where there s real troubling questions. the saying, doug, where there s smoke there s fire, here it s where they there s traffic
this week the federal investigation into the christie administration s traffic jam scandal, bridgegate led to a firing that no one could have predicted when this all began. the chairman and ceo of united airlines is stepping down amid a corruption investigation. the feds are looking into whether the ceo tried to improperly influence the former head of the part authority. david sampson allegedly used his government perch to call for united executives to call for a special flight from newark airport to north carolina. he wanted the route to make it easier for his vacation home and pressed the top airline executives at a private dinner. why would a public company consider this bizarre private favor? it was at a time when united was trying to secure hundreds in millions for et cetera newark
you back off the issue and say why are people voting yes or no in primaries. that s a whole different issue. i would again go back to the general notion the terrible situation we have with president obama, such a good man, but he goes out in public on sergeant bergdahl s parents and releases five terrorists. i always thought if they had a retired sergeant major working in the white house, they never would have done that. the armed forces are the most respected institution in american society, and people need to take that into account, particularly if you want to be commander in chief. general mccaffrey, always appreciate your expertise. thanks for making the time. good to be with you. up next, as promised, the saga is continuing. how the bridgegate investigation landed at united airlines. stay with us.