credible that chris christie does not know what was going on underneath him? we re looking at this as a binary thing, even chris christie knew and in on the planning or completely dupeed by this situation. my instinct comes somewhere in the middle. chris christie is a smart guy. with all of the reporting and questions being raised by the press, it seems likely to me he probably put two and two together at some point a long time ago. the issue of this, the issue of timing in terms of state legislature that has been carrying this story along. it s the reason you re showing david wildstein before the state assemb assembly. this committee has been their subpoenas, the power to subpoena, to get somebody like dave wildsteen was due to expire next tuesday at the end of the legislative session. the incoming assembly speaker and you have to understand the intri catcies of politics here,
family business, he did the site as a hobby. a nice din, we shook hands, went off to washington and that was eight years ago. why am i telling you all of this? because wally edge has been in the news a lot lately. except now under his real name, david wildsteen. a few years after i left new jersey, he sold the site and went back to politics, chris christie appointee at the port authority. runs the george washington bridge. it was david wildsteen who gave the order to shut down several george washington bridge lanes. you heard about it. it caused days of horrific traffic delays in the town of ft. lee, across from upper manhattan, fueled suspicion that it was part of an effort to punish that town s mayor for not endorsing chris christie s re-election. i haven t spoken to dave wildsteen since the story exploded, but i do want you to know in many ways i owe my career to him, i ll be grateful he took the chance on me when no one else would. we need to talk about this story. there are a lot