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input, that it would be david wildstein who would go and make the phone call to trenton. whether he s talking to christie, himself, or somebody, he would be he was the eyes and ears. right. it raises the question to me, a guy like chip michaels who knows christie better than your average port authority cop who might know wildstein from livingston better than your average port authority cop. what i d be interested in asking him, isn t your impression that governor christie wanted to happen? is it your impression he knows about this? right, you re going to want no know as this fight is happening, as this fight is escalating and christie, himself, said the life in this agency is basically a universe of unceasing warfare between new york and new jersey. that is what life inside the port authority is. it s a bizarre agency. there s lots of money on the line. and the two sides are fighting each other tooth and nail every day. as this thing s erupting, you re going to want to know on

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right. no, and so that s the surprising thing, as i say, bill baroni technically should have been in the position where everybody would assume he s the point of contact. the impression that everybody, or most people in the port authority had, though, was that david wildstein was the point of contact. that s why i just say, with michaels, knowing christie, you know, himself, knowing probably through his brother, christie that well, i d be curious to ask him. we put in a request for a comment. i d be curious to ask him, was it your impression when david wildstein was telling you this that this was david wildstein speaking for the governor? right. now, have you gotten response, christie folks have basically said, we never had a conversation about this. no conversation with chip, no conversation with jeff about this. right. and have you gotten responses from chip and jeff? no. the michaels brothers. have not heard from either of them. heather, this story in which you guys r

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wildstein had more in common than an interest in traffic. they both hail from livingston, new jersey, where they attended high school with none other than chris christie. in more recent years, michaels coached christie s kids hockey team. in a 2010 profile for the star-ledger michaels joked about seeing his childhood friend ascend to governor of his state. we break his chops a little bit just saying, you re the governor? looking at him laughing. the connection involves more than chip. chip s brother, jeff michaels is a big-time republican in the state. he advised christie s campaign in 2009. i ve known him for a long time. we went to high school with our families knew each other from livingston. and just stayed in close contact with him over the years. and was very pleased to help his campaign out with policy. once christie was elected, jeff michaels went on to form a lobbying shop, optimist partners. in chris christie s first year

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the port authority. chip was on duty at the george washington bridge on september 9th, 2013. that would be the first day of traffic in ft. lee. but september 9th wasn t just a normal day at work for chip because he had a meeting with a high-ranking official at the port authority, according to documents submitted to the new jersey assembly. you may recognize him. david wildstein. w-i-l-d-s-t-e-i-n. yes, according to documents submitted by david wildstein, himself, on september 9th, chip michaels appeared to be texting the former port authority appointee david wildstein, it s expletive up here. later the two met in person. michaels took david wildstein for a ridearound to survey the impact on traffic. in the coming days, documents indicate that chip texted wildstein with updates on the traffic. a message on september 10th reads local ft. lee traffic disaster. and chip michaels and david

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