pictures of governor christie that day talking to david wildstein and bill baroni at ground zero. we had testimony from bill baroni and david wildstein that they talked about the lane shutdown with chris christie that day. now bridget kelly is testifying that chris christie returned from the event on september 11, 2013 and told them he had just discussed it with wildstein and baroni. these are explosive things in the context of the case that she s testifying to as we speak. i know this is happening literally at this moment, unfolding now. christie or his team haven t responded. do you think they will? they have no choice now. this is coming out of federal court as we speak. there are no cameras in there. it s leaking out the old fashioned way. chris christie hovered over this thing.
but meanwhile, that federal investigation, the one that prevented the legislative committee from reaching all of these key witnesses, the federal investigation being conducted by the u.s. attorney for new jersey, well, there is big news about that this morning. it comes from wnbc s brian thompson who filed this report last night. reporter: the political firestorm that enveloped governor christie since the scandal over this lane shutdown at the gw bridge 14 months ago is quieted in recent months after this legislative committee suspended its hearings while the u.s. attorney took his own investigation to a federal grand jury. that hasn t kept in kmpt from preparing to issue an interim report on monday. it finds no evidence christie new in advance but calls into question his handling of the scandal after it broke. what we do know for a fact rkts the governor has deliberately misrepresented what he knew and when he knew it. reporter: that comment from the democratic chairman was
and on that day, these pictures were taken at the commemoration ceremony for 9/11. what we learned today from the isn t governor christie wonderful report, this report that exonerates him of everything related to the bridge lane closure. what we learned today is david wildstein, the man who organized the shutdown of the access lanes on to the george washington bridge, he said at that event on 9/11 that morning in lower manhattan while the access lanes that bridge were shut down and ft. lee was gridlocked, he said he talked to chris christie personally about the fact the bridge lane shutdown was under way. if that s true, that would mean governor christie knew about it while it was happening. he was in direct communication about the bridge lane shutdown with the guy who shut the lanes down. would also imply the governor did nothing to stop it once he found out about it. now, in this report, the governor s lawyers do back flips to say, that s totally normal. nothing to see here. there s
in the wall street journal in january which proved chris christie did spend time that day talking with the man who is now his chief accuser. chris christie s response to that accusation delivered through his lawyers today is that he doesn t recall, he doesn t recall any such conversation. should be noted that he s not denying that any conversation about these matters might have happened, though. joining us now is wall street journal reporter heather haddon. thanks so much for being here. thank you. i want to put on screen what your headline was today after this report came out from the governor s lawyers. officials said he told christie of lane closures, bridge scandal review. is this claim that the governor knew that he was told while the lanes were shut down, is that the big news today? well, stepping back a bit, remember the letter that david wildstein s attorney sent to the port authority saying originally they should pay for his legal bills. in that letter, he mentioned