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Chris Christie is a first rate thug (Original Post) malaise Dec 2014 OP
... napkinz Dec 2014 #1
... napkinz Dec 2014 #2
Six of them are going down malaise Dec 2014 #5
six to eight according to Tweety napkinz Dec 2014 #7
But he makes good cookies! Lolita46 Dec 2014 #3
Report: Indictments Coming in New Jersey Bridge Scandal napkinz Dec 2014 #4
I read a few sections of the report that was released today.... George II Dec 2014 #15
But remember, Walker was reelected. Hoppy Dec 2014 #18
He's a thug, all right, but nothing about him is first rate, even his thuggery. merrily Dec 2014 #6
2016 presidential run or ... napkinz Dec 2014 #8
Ha - that's the one I want malaise Dec 2014 #9
if not behind bars, then how about in a crate napkinz Dec 2014 #13
Or maybe a a gestation crate? Hulk Dec 2014 #19
... napkinz Dec 2014 #20
Bravo! Hulk Dec 2014 #24
Jon Stewart nails Christie ... napkinz Dec 2014 #25
Maybe he can share a cell with John Rowland? George II Dec 2014 #16
DO tell me more Skittles Dec 2014 #10
KICK Cha Dec 2014 #11
yes he is. spanone Dec 2014 #12
Which means that reports of Christie being "cleared" brentspeak Dec 2014 #14
See my post above....the report of him being "cleared" actually was..... George II Dec 2014 #17
Precisely malaise Dec 2014 #21
you have more confidence than i do. Calista241 Dec 2014 #22
True, although he knows everyone doing the grunt work, they know HIM too, and if he treated them.... George II Dec 2014 #23
His arrogance will eventually be his undoing. mfcorey1 Dec 2014 #26
I hope so malaise Dec 2014 #27
posted by Laxman napkinz Dec 2014 #28

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
4. Report: Indictments Coming in New Jersey Bridge Scandal
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:14 PM
Dec 2014

December 8, 2014
JM Ashby

If this report from NBC is accurate, as many as a dozen indictments could be issued in January in relation to the closure of the George Washington Bridge.

Those facing potential indictment include former staffers to Gov. Christie and current and former Port Authority officials, the sources said. Possible charges may be related to what sources familiar with the probe describe to NBC 4 New York as an apparent conspiracy to cover up what they refer to as a politically motivated plot. …

NBC 4 New York learned of the potential development in the investigation a day after a 136-page interim report by a joint legislative panel tasked with investigating the lane closures found no evidence Christie was involved in the scheme.


I understand that investigators have found no concrete proof that Governor Chris Christie himself was involved, but this looks very similar to the investigation of Governor Scott Walker’s office in Wisconsin and the prosecution of some of his former staff. In both cases, persons very close to and surrounding the governor are indicted or implicated while the governor himself narrowly escapes. And in both cases, I find it extremely hard to believe that the head of state was not at all involved.

Just because there isn’t enough evidence to indict Governor Christie, or Governor Walker, doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t guilty.

read more: http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2014/12/report-indictments-coming-in-new-jersey-bridge-scandal.html






George II

(67,782 posts)
15. I read a few sections of the report that was released today....
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 10:43 PM
Dec 2014

....and the report is VERY damaging.

Over the weekend the stories were that the committee couldn't connect Christie to the scandal, as though he had nothing to do with it. But the REAL story is that their investigation was incomplete due to the ongoing Federal investigation, and it is less than "hinting" that Christie KNEW about the lane shutdowns at the time, he just chose to ignore them. In fact, the report mentions that one of his aides handed him an email about the closings as he was walking out for his much ballyhooed press conference.

Links to the report, and the crybaby "minority" report are in this article for anyone interested:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/gwb-probe-legislative-panel-releases-interim-report-1.1148517

Christie is NOT going to come out of this very clean - my guess is that his Presidential aspirations are all but gone.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
6. He's a thug, all right, but nothing about him is first rate, even his thuggery.
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:23 PM
Dec 2014

On his very best day, he is well below mediocre.

brentspeak

(18,290 posts)
14. Which means that reports of Christie being "cleared"
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 10:42 PM
Dec 2014

will turn out to be have been very premature, indeed.

Expect the indicted to finally start singing like canaries.

George II

(67,782 posts)
17. See my post above....the report of him being "cleared" actually was.....
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 10:48 PM
Dec 2014

....that the committee couldn't directly connect him to the shutdowns, but they also said their investigation was incomplete and would be completed after the Federal investigation.

As with Nixon, the real corruption and crimes were committed after the Watergate break-in and after the bridge lane closures.

The cover-ups are the BIG crimes!

Calista241

(5,586 posts)
22. you have more confidence than i do.
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 11:01 PM
Dec 2014

Christie was the US Attorney for 6 years. He led the office now in charge of investigating him. He, most likely, personally knows nearly everyone that's doing the grunt work of this "investigation" into his possible conduct.

Yes, the new US Attorney was appointed by Obama. The people that work there know Christie well, and i'm going to assume they liked him because we haven't heard anything negative from his former co-workers there.

George II

(67,782 posts)
23. True, although he knows everyone doing the grunt work, they know HIM too, and if he treated them....
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 11:15 PM
Dec 2014

...the same way he treats the press and the public, he might as well get fitted for his orange jumpsuit now.

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