Port Authority chairman hires former Homeland Security chief to represent him in GWB probe

Source: The Record

Port Authority chairman David Samson, a Christie ally now embroiled in two controversies, has hired former Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff to represent him in a widening investigation into lane closures at the George Washington Bridge.

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Samson, who has referred to Chertoff as a friend, has not responded to requests for comment.

A spokesman for Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, the chairman of the special Assembly committee investigating the lane closures, said Sunday that Wisniewski had received a letter saying Chertoff was representing Samson.

Records show Chertoff's consulting firm, The Chertoff Group, received a no-bid contract worth at least $1.2 million from the Port Authority to review the agency's security and provide recommendations. The results of the study, conducted in 2011 and 2012, while Samson was chairman of the agency have not been released publicly.

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Why is everyone, and I mean everyone, tiptoeing around this guy? He is at the heart of everything happening in a bad way to Jersey communities along with his BFF Christie.