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So today the man who arranged the shutdown of those lanes on the george washington bridge, to hurt the town of ft. lee, new jersey, he alleged that governor christie knew about the shutdown while it was happening. despite the governor s repeated claims he knew no such thing. today, also, the federal prosecutors investigating the potential criminal activity in chris christie s new jersey sent subpoenas to the city of hoboken. hoboken, the city whose mayor alleged hurricane sandy relief funds were made contingent by the christie administration on her green lighting a private development project in hoboken to which the governor s allies were connected. both of those things happened today. but what may end up being the most important development today in this story concerns this man. his name is bill stepien. he s chris christie s campaign manager. he was the new hampshire political director for the bush/cheney re-election campaign in 2004. in 2008, mr. stepien worked for the disastrous ru
David-wildsteinTownShutdownPlanesGeorge-washington-bridgeChris-christie-sThingGovernorLee-in-septemberNew-jerseyLane-shutdownProsecutorsUnderlied, unquestionably this decision negatively impacted safety here in ft. lee. what do we do? bill stepien was sent that during the shutdown when he was serving as chris christie s top political operative. yes, bill stepien was 1 of the 18 people subpoenaed by the state legislature into the investigation into this matter. those subpoenas are supposed to be responded to by monday. today bill stepien staid he s not going to do that. he s going to invoke the fifth amendment. his lawyer releasing this 19-page letter with 100-plus pages of attachments tonight explaining bill stepien will not comply with the subpoena. he ll invoke this fifth amendment right not to testify. his attorney says bill stepien has not broken any laws. he calls him one of the most well respected political consultants in america. and he says he s taking the fifth. here s the thing, though. that subpoena deadline is monday. is bill stepien going to be the
Bill-stepienChris-christie-sLee-in-septemberLane-shutdownUnderliedOperativeSafetySent-subpoenasPeopleMatterInvestigationFifth-amendmentThank you for being back here. good to be here, rachel. thank you. today, we learned a lot of things. one of the things we learned is bill stepien s lawyer, the christie campaign manager, is challenging your subpoena. he s asserting his fifth amendment rights. he s saying essentially he s not going to comply. what s your reaction to that? that s something the lawyers are going to have to work out but the subpoena is valid. remember, david wildstein complied with the document subpoena, did not raise this very same issue. so it s a little curious. we expect compliance with the subpoenas. we re going to meet with counsel beginning of the week to talk about what steps the committee can take to make sure the subpoena is complied with. do you expect more of this? do you have any reason to suspect or know other people who you subpoenaed, you subpoenaed 18 individuals and 2 entities, that they ll also do this? i don t have reason to expect they will. we ve gotten documents not only f
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