into bridge-gate had started to investigate. where did that money go, how were the decisions made? was it transparent? they were not getting answers. they were stonewalled. when it came to this round of f subpoenas, they say we want to understand this. because essentially, the trouble with bridgegate is is not just the mayor of ft. lee, but it s that the port authority was being used in a way that served governor christie perhaps more than it served to do what it s supposed to do, which is increase port activity in new york and new jersey. in terms of those political incentives might have led to this decision to not do the tunnel, if it was about getting chris christie s hands, new jersey s hands on that money, it really feels in a layman s sense, it feels wrong to take the tunnel money and apply it to something that s totally unrelated. is it legillegal? is there a question of whether
kind of this lack of curiosity about all of this. and you ve played some excerpts from various press conferences that he s had. but the one on december 2 where he still talked about dedicated lanes, something like that. everybody knows there are no dedicated lanes to ft. lee. that was a cover-up. i can t think of a nicer word to describe what took place. so this is already four months old, of question, of committee hearings, of subpoenas. no answers. and i just find it very peculiar that not one port authority commissioner has ever said in the last four months, boy, i would like to get to the bottom of this? you have what you outlined in your chart, you have four very, very close chris christie allies who either resigned under pressure or were fired. this is one of the most bizarre
to, in fact, copy to david sampson, the chairperson of the port authority, asking questions four months ago. i have yet to hear one answer, and what i find really surprising about the governor is kind of this lack of curiosity about all of this. and you ve played some excerpts from various press conferences that he s had. but the one on december 2 where he still talked about dedicated lanes, something like that. everybody knows there are no dedicated lanes to ft. lee. that was a cover-up. i can t think of a nicer word to describe what took place. so this is already four months old, of question, of committee hearings, of subpoenas. no answers. and i just find it very peculiar that not one port authority commissioner has ever said in
will take or under what circumstances the public will get to see it. and phillip rucker, your reporting was so interesting, because it s trump s folks looking ahead to the potential after november getting control of congress. you get that power, that means you have the power of oversight. it also means, hey, majority rules in the house. if a majority if all democrats say they want to impeach, they can impeach. we saw republicans do that to clinton. is this a white house now that s thinking in those terms, in terms of impeachment? they re not prepared for that, at all. there s a lot of fear within trump s orbit and including people at the white house and on the legal team that trump is simply not appreciating the magnitude of what could be in store for him, if and when democrats take over the house of representatives. it will be a series of investigations, of subpoenas, of hearings, of document requests and it could include impeachment proceedings and he doesn t have a personal le