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ali. number one, the white house is pushing back on reporting that each of these denials, call it the loyalty list, right? these top officials publicly pledging allegiance to the president, saying they are not the ones who are behind this new york times op-ed, the white house says, no, those are not being printed and put on the president sether. one senior white house official also told our team here, my colleague, peter alexander, that hey, this is a functioning white house. that is a line you heard from the president over the last 24 hours. but here s the thing, ali, it is entirely true that there are other meetings happening that are not related to this op-ed. the work of the white house continues on. but the president himself, where is his head at? livid, volcanic are the words that we have used. i was told by one source close to the president that the president is the totally furious, not just at this op-ed, not just at what it says, but at the new york times itself for publis
doing more of a investigation here. some of it falls outside the purview of the state attorney general. what are we looking to find out? there s no question not one person made an allegation it this governor knew about the lane closures before they closed. not one. no, no. but this goes beyond lane closures, this is about the hit list of 117 mayors how it affected services delivered to those people. you call it a hit list, but my years in politics a loyalty list. a black list. there are people you like, people you don t like. you want to call it a hit list, go ahead. that s the nature of politics in new jersey and nationally. that s the problem for new jersey. that s why new jersey has been the laughing stock for decades. when i worked for jon corzine, chris christie said i will run so that new jersey is no longer