christie when he was first elected governor of new jersey. chris christie and david samson are close political allies. chris christie calls him general samson. when frank lautenberg died and chris christie needed to pick someone to take that u.s. senate seat, chris christie tapped jeffrey ciasa. when governor christie started his term as the chairman of the republican governor s association, david samson was among the group of close advisers who went to arizona with chris christie as a sign that samson is seen as important to christie s potential run for national office. david samson and chris christie are very close, when it came out in those subpoenaed documents, david samson is helping us to retaliate. that was a big deal in terms of