mr. wildstein s first response was, port authority police department said all was fine. then bill baroni asks for trenton feedback specifically, and mr. wildstein texts back, good. trenton feedback. good. then there s a line that s redacted. then mr. baroni asks, just good? then he swears. then mr. wildstein goes on to assure him other trenton people who appear to be staffers in governor christie s office thought he did just great with his cover-up testimony. the star-ledger appears to be reporting that is where mr. wildstein texts this statement, o toole statement ready, to bill baroni. o toole statement ready. he sent that message right after bill baroni finished his testimo testimony. sure enough on that same day, senator kevin o toole released a statement that took the bill baroni line, repeated the story from his testimony, repeated the cover story about the supposed
tom kean like that. you want to know what happened to kevin o toole? turns out he s the one senate republican who has been assigned to the committee investigating the bridge scandal. oh. and now the newark jt star-ledger reports it s received a text message that no one else has seen. david wildstein texts bill baroni something about an o toole statement being ready right after bill baroni finished up his statement to the legislature. the cover story, what happened to the bridge lanes in september was nothing political, nothing untoward, it was just a traffic study. we know bill baroni gave that misleading testimony on november 25th, false testimony with the cover story about a traffic study that wasn t a real thing. that was november 25th. we also know right after that testimony was over, at noon that day, bill baroni texted david wildstein three question marks. this is as soon as he was done with the testimony.
instead. the guy who chris christie was trying to force out as republican leader in the state senate is named tom kean. tom kean jr. the former governor s son. and what s worse, it didn t work. as soon as governor christie was re-elected he took a huge shot at the son of his former mentor, the son of the most respected republican in the state of new jersey and it didn t work. tom kean jr. survived and held on to his leadership position, but it was such a bizarre and unexpected move from chris christie to try to overthrow him. and here s the thing. here s the thing. here s the newly relevant thing. the guy who chris christie wanted to replace tom kean jr. with was this guy. kevin o toole. chris christie wanted him, this guy, in place so badly as the top republican in the senate that he burned the strongest and oldest bridge he had in politics. he wanted kevin o toole in there so bad he was willing to betray tom kean like that.
they say that text message they ve seen refers to state senator kevin o toole who is on your committee that s investigating these issues. about him having a statement ready to go as soon as that testimony was over concerning the traffic study cover-up. how are you going to deal with that as a committee? well, two things. the members of the committee are appointed by the presiding officers, so senator weinberg and i, we serve on the committee at the appointment of the presiding officers. it s not our call. i mean, i think they re aware of this issue and going to have to deal with it. let me tell you about the frustrations sitting there in that committee meeting. bill baroni provided testimony, facts and figures, data, about every members districts. how many cars go through the e-z pass lanes. we asked, can we have that data? no, no, we have to consult with counsel first. within three hours, all the data as i chair and the committee
today floated the possibility that senator kevin o toole, a member of their own committee, might get a subpoena from the committee. very awkward. loretta weinberg telling the star-ledger tonight, quote, i could see such a scenario unless he comes forward with whatever information we has that we don t know. and meanwhile, it looks like chris christie s former campaign manager and former deputy chief of staff may be brought to court. they may have a court try to force them to comply with orders to hand over documents to the investigation. they are both refusing. today was the deadline. and now this is coming to a head. hold on. there s more. to shop online with her debit card. and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary s identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her hard-earned money. unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. this is identity theft.