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UPDATE: Gov. Phil Murphy appointed a special investigator Wednesday to probe allegations that several inmates were beaten at New Jersey s notorious prison for women.
Murphy said he ordered a full independent investigation, under the direction of former federal prosecutor and ex-state comptroller Matthew Boxer, into what happened at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Hunterdon County on Jan. 11.
“I am sickened by the horrific reports of what happened” Murphy said.
Female inmates have long been uniquely vulnerable to abuse and must be treated with dignity and respect like everyone behind bars in New Jersey, he said.
tuesday s story we just mentioned. kate, i want to get these details in a minute and there s so much here to talk about. the first thing i want to put up, show this on the screen. we talk about these call logs, david sampson, top christie authority, resign a couple of months ago. all of these calls came out. there s one thing in particular that jumps out, september 9th, the first night of the lane closures, these are david sampson s calls that night. bill baroni, one of the top appoint ees and david wild stein and the head of the authorities unit, overseeing authorities like the port authority for the governor s office. there s extensive contact with these principle players in the closures and david samson on day this happens and detail on that same night, mark sokolich had
been confirmed. she was a legal adviser to the authorities unit. and bill baroni and phillip quan. sometime after august first, the investigators seem to believe that at least one meeting was planned to take place or did take place between the guy who gave the false testimony and the lawyer who prepped him for the false testimony and these two people who worked in governor christie s office, one of whom has been promoted to be governor christie s new chief of staff. the new chief of staff and all the other people allegedly at that meeting have all been subpoenaed to turn over any documents or notes or information they have about that meeting which investigators seem to believe, was at least planned to happen. and that sort of gets right at the heart of the question, right? as to whether the cover-up was cooked up and propagated by the same individuals who perpetrated the bridge thing in the first place. the cover-up was bigger. wasn t the effort to cover up