Like Richard Nixon in the year before his resignation, Christie continues his claim that the scandal is behind him and the bridge and road to the WH is wide open.
Scott Raab and Lisa Brennan at Esquire are hearing that there are some giant speed bumps in the way of the Christie-mobile: Exclusive: Prosecutor Is Closing In on Gov. Christie.
The speed of the US Attorney for New Jersey, Paul Fishman, investigation appears not to be that there is too little evidence of wrongdoing but too much.
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“What’s taking the most time,” according to one source, “is separating what’s viable from all the bad stuff they’re finding that may not be viable.”
Fishman’s challenge is to nail down specific criminal charges on several fronts — the diversion of Port Authority money to fund New Jersey road and bridge projects; the four-day rush-hour closures of George Washington Bridge lanes in Ft. Lee; and a web of real-estate deals spun by David Samson, long a Christie crony, when he chaired the PA’s Board of Commissioners as Christie’s appointee. (One such deal, a stalled office-tower development in Hoboken, New Jersey, is central to a claim that Christie’s lieutenant governor told the town’s mayor that the state would withhold Hurricane Sandy relief aid from Hoboken if the mayor didn’t sign off on the development project.)
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Fishman appears not to have cut any deals with those under investigation and not likely to do so to catch a minnow.
We shall see.
Will post updates and developments in the comments here as they surface in the coming days or weeks.
