A letter from Wildstein’s lawyer, Alan L. Zegas of Chatham, N.J., asserted Friday that “evidence exists … tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the Governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference.”
The subject line of the 700-word email from the governor’s office is: “5 Things You Should Know About The Bombshell That’s Not A Bombshell.” It offers a harshly negative portrayal of Wildstein’s character and judgment.
The Christie camp begins by criticizing The Times for its initial characterization of the Wildstein letter: “A media firestorm was set off by sloppy reporting from the New York Times and their suggestion that there was actually ‘evidence’ when it was a letter alleging that ‘evidence exists.’”
The Times’ original story said that Wildstein claimed “he had the evidence to prove it,” while later versions stuck to his lawyer’s vaguer “evidence exists” formulation.
In a statement Saturday night, the Times said: “We regularly update web stories for clarity as we did in this case. We do not note changes unless it involves an error.”
Wildstein’s lawyer did not respond to a request for comment.
More at Politico
Shades of Harry Reid falsely claiming, in the Senate Floor, where he was shielded from slander suits, that Mitt Romney hadn’t paid any taxes for ten years.
I’m happy to see Christie’s team come out strong against such a blatant lie.
Key point in the Politico article:
THEY ARE AGAIN TRYING TO DESTROY THE REPUTATION OF CHRIS CHRISTY,
BECAUSE THEY ARE FREAKING AFRAID OF HIM COMMING FOR THE PRESIDENCY POSITION,
CHRIS CRISTY IS NOT A LIAR, VERY FAR FROM IT,
HE WON HIS ELECTION BY BEING A STRAIGHT SHOOTER, EVEN IF HIS TRUTH BRING DERANGE LIBTARD AGAINST HIM, OR BRING HIS SIDE TO SHOW THEY ARE NOT HAPPY BY HIS WAY OF GETTING MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL IN HIS DEVASTATED DISASTER,
THOSE WHO ACCUSE HIM ARE THE TRUE LIARS, they want his head for probably being targetted
by CHRIS CHRISTY,AND THE PROOF IS HE HAS THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HIM SUPPORTING HIM, STILL NOW,
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO BLAME HIM ,
AND THE FIRST TO KNOW IF HE LIED,
Whether or not Chris Christie ordered anything doesn’t matter. Whether he knew about anything doesn’t matter. What the charges are don’t matter. The low information voters will see negative headlines associated with his name over and over. That’s the only real meaning all of this has.
He looked like a threat to the plans to crown the hag. He has apparently been neutralized.
(I’m sorry… should hag be capitalized??? the Hag?? Someone who knows, please tell me.)
DaNang67
HI,
Ithink it’s his or his loyals usual attack to discredit the reputation of a potencial opponent,
that”s the way they find their strength,
that”s the way OBAMA WON HIS ELECTION, BASHING BUSH,
it work so well that the minions came at the door of where the PRESIDENT BUSH and family reside, if left alone they where out to no good,
when they heard of OBAMA Win,
ONE CAN DESTROY MORE THAN THEY WILL BE STUPID ENOUGH TO SEE HOW FAR HIS CROOKED TONGUE CAN GO,
AND THE : IT”S BUSH FAULT REMAIN ON HIS TONGUE MANY YEARS AFTER HIS INAUGURATION, I STILL HEARD IT JUST A FEW DAYS AGO,
bye
I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that the New York Times’s ratings go even lower. I don’t know either way if Christie is guilty or innocent. I need more facts. I know the NYT is guilty of trying to make him guilty.
So, Christie may be back in the running for 2016. Who else might the establishment Republicans back? How about: GOP insiders back Rubio in 2016
The more RINOs the merrier. Rubio can pretty much forget TEA Party Support.
@Ditto: #6
Rubio is one who is pushing for amnesty for illegals, even though he won’t say he is. He also won’t say he won’t allow amnesty. He also wants illegals coming into the USA where there is no cell phone service to get satellite phones so they can call 911. The satellite phones are much more expensive than cell phones, since they operate off of orbiting satellites. Guess who he wants to pay for them?
I STILL THINK THAT CHRIS CHRISTY
WAS SCREWED BY THE UNIONS,
THEY PULL ONE UNDER HIS FEET TO GET HIM OFF
THE CONTENDER LIST FOR PRESIDENT,
WHICH THEY ARE PART OF RUNNING THIS COUNTRY,
Bottom line We don’t know if Christie is lying. I wouldn’t bet either way.
We do know the Repub. Right will do all they can to keep moderates like Christie and Rubio from getting the Nom., ensuring another Dem. win in 2016.
Richard Wheeler
either way, it has nothing to do with the fact that CHRIS CHRISTY IS NOT A LIAR,
HE HIS TOO OUTSPOKEN TO BE LYING, he is a republican who don’t lie like the democrat party would,
and try their outmost to make CHRIS A LIAR, ALONG WITH THE CORRUPT MEDIA IN LINE WITH THEM.
@Smorgasbord:
Yep. Hadn’t heard about the Satellite Phones.
@Richard Wheeler:
Christie is not a moderate. He is a leftist “Progressive” Republican. The Democrats and MSM have continually edevoured to move the “moderate” goalpost farther and farther left.
@Ditto: My guess is that moderate is a dirty word for you. What pols, if any, would you classify as moderate?
@Ditto: #11
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/04/17/Breaking-New-Immigration-Bill-Gives-MarcoPhone-to-Immigrant-Guest-Workers?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
@Richard Wheeler:
No.
I wrote precisely what I intended with no hidden meanings. It’s not my fault that you can’t seem to accept written words and simple sentences as meaning what they say. It must be a fallacy in the leftist mind, as so many of them insist on misunderstanding what is clearly before them.
I have given my answer to the equivalent of your question many times in FA, and it should be quite clear to those who have spent as long as you have on this forum. A “moderate” in relation to this Constitutional republic, is one who views the Constitution and the proper relationship between “the People”, the states and the Federal government, in the same spirit and interpretation as the founders did in their extensive enlightened writings. Limited government that serves the people, who loan only such limited scope of powers as granted in the blueprint called the Constitution.
IF there was any actual evidence it would be out here by now.
What we are seeing is a slime machine.
Whether or not a centrist, like Christie, would be a great nomination for Republicans in 2015 or not, the idea is to make it look like Republicans had to scrape the bottom of their barrel by slime all over every Republican who makes a few favorable headlines.
Remember the untrue slime from Harry Reid about Mitt Romney not paying taxes for 10 years.
Totally untrue, but very damaging.
People got dispirited into staying home.
I said that CHRIS WAS SCREWED BY THE OBAMA UNIONS,
THOSE WHO ARE WAGING THE FIFTH AMENDMENT ARE AFRAID TO TALK,
AFTER SAYING THEY HAVE WRITTEN PROOFS, NOW THEY WISH THEY HAD SHUT UP,
BECAUSE IF THEY TALK THEY WILL HAVE TO IMPLICATE THE UNIONS,
AND THE UNIONS WANT NO PART OF IT,
damn if they do, damn if they don’t,
they pull a fast one on CHRIS CHRISTY,
HE MAINTAIN HE DIDN’T KNOW, HE TELL THE TRUTH,
AND THE OTHER SHOULD HANG THEMSELVES FOR HAVING PARTICIPATE IN THAT SCAM,
Nanny G
I wonder if some could in advance play as a decoy ,
for activating the democrat filthy slang at him,
while the TRUE CANDIDATES PREPARE TO GET IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AS REAL CANDIDATES
it would get the democrats to spend away and exaust their bank when the real ones show up all clear of attacks,
WE MUST DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE BEAST WE CONFRONT,
BYE