Samson and DiLIARs

[malaise]

http://www.northjersey.com/news/stile-christie-embraces-an-embattled-samson-stands-by-general-amid-ethics-questions-1.753709
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Departing Port Authority Chairman David Samson doesn’t need to hire a $650-an-hour lawyer to exonerate him.

It boils down to this: Allies like Samson, who may very well have an important role raising money and providing counsel in the future, are defended and venerated as pillars of rectitude. Those who threaten the governor’s ambitions, like David Wildstein, the former Port Authority appointee who ordered the lane closings, or Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie’s former deputy chief of staff, whose Aug. 13 email sent the scheme in motion, are vilified as unstable, crazy and untrustworthy.

He depicted Samson as valiant old warhorse, who wanted to step down a year ago but stayed on at the behest of his governor — a model public servant, in other words.

Never mind that his departure comes as federal prosecutors are examining the overlapping relationship between his law firm, Wolff Samson, and lucrative Port Authority projects.

Never mind that Samson refused to be interviewed by the elite New York lawyer Randy Mastro and his team of ex-federal prosecutors who compiled the purportedly “exhaustive” report on the lane closings, even though Samson emerged as a central figure in the incident. “In this case, he’s playing in traffic, made a big mistake,” Samson fumed in a Sept. 18 email, referring to the Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye, who put a stop to the mysterious lane closings.

Christie didn’t see any reason why Samson should meet with the investigators.

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[Gothmog]

1. Samson has some serious issues

Samson still has to deal with a number of issues

[Laxman]

2. I Find It Hard To Believe....

that there hasn't been an attorney ethics investigation opened here. I'm surprised they didn't hire Wolff & Samson to do the investigation. There are so many holes in this investigation, I can't believe Christie feels comfortable waving it around as a sign of his vindication. Thanks for posting. There's one reporter who isn't buying what Christie's selling. Quod Est In Loco!

[malaise]

3. Christie is bluffing

He is not comfortable at all