christie knew about this from the beginning and he can prove it. it turns out he is saying that there is evidence that christie knew about it from the beginning but it is not clear that he has that evidence. he is saying he does have evidence that contradicts some things that christie said about him. it is trying to pars this is an exercise. i think you said a mouthful. the participants are always parsing their words, whether it is the governor s office. whether it is wildstein. whether it is wildstein s lawyer. everybody is being careful about the language and they should be. they could be in court under sworn testimony. this could move in that direction. i don t think it has. i have read the letter four times. i think it is a devastating letter. what in particular would you say is devastating? about the eighth para graph said he just laid it all out.
administration, it was not, in other words, a rogue operation. evidence exists tying mr. christie with knowledge of the lane closures during the period when they were closed. this is a letter protesting his decision not to foot his legal bills. gich given the costs that wildstein is accruing, this is no small considerings. this could be looked as a bid for a plea deal disguised as a complaint about his legal bills. it contends explosive suggestions and says he is the man with the answers at the mysteries at the heart of the drama. he is saying, i know something, i ll talk. give me a deal. the same message that was conveyed when he responded to the state assembly s subpoena last month with reams of strategically redacted e-mails and texts. it is the message his lawyer
or come to some kind of pre-court proceeding and say what he actually did, then that s what you would make a deal. if i m thinking about who i m making a deal with based on what we know now, i m looking more at bridget kelly than wildstein. she is a very sympathetic, loyal lieutenant, single mom of four kids. does anyone think she went off reservation and was doing all this stuff without higher-ups knowledge? most people think other people knew and she was just following orders. at the end of the day, i think she was a more compelling witness. brian, one thing i want to ask you about too. wildstein s lawyer in this letter. it is such a carefully worded letter. he says there is evidence that his client has evidence that can undercut claims that christie made about him in that january 9th press conference. he just states that there is evidence out there that chris christie knew about these lane closures as they were happening. he does not state that wildstein was in possession of that
if wildstein or somebody else can prove that chris christie was not being straightforward in that conference. this was right after the wildstein letter came out. the headline was, chris christie should resign if bombshell proves true. he claims that there is documentary proof that the governor was lying. if it is true, it would show he was lying at his two-hour press conference. not just a typical political lie but a broadway show of lies. it would leave christie so drained of credibility, he could not possibly govern effectively. he would owe it to the people of new jersey to step aside. if he should refuse, the legislature should open impeachment proceedings. last year, i was on a show and a state senator talked about going in that direction. is that the level we are at right now? i think so. i think they are right on point. wildstein in that letter is essentially saying the governor lied in terms of what he knew and when he knew it. if that is accurate, i don t
we want to talk about what s coming up. we had wildstein thand letter and bill stepien saying, not only will i not testify before the legislative committee. he took the fifth. he is not going to cooperate in previdi prev providing documents. do you expect this committee is going to get cooperation from others or is it going to take the u.s. attorney? stepien is a smart guy, intelligent guy. he could be held in contempt. the point of the matter is, we have to get to the bottom of this as i was mentioning before. we need to know what was behind the redactions in the information provided by wild stooechblt we have wild wildstein. we have to get the redactions