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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell, this is awkward - GOP Email Scandal Explodes
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/12/clinton-attack-dog-chris-christie-accused-hiding-9428-emails-documents.htmlSo its kind of bad that hours after Chris Christie puffed that he was uniquely qualified to prosecute the case against Hillary Clinton in the Fox Business GOP debate, papers were filed in federal court accusing him of hiding thousands of documents.
Including emails. A lot of them. 9,428 to be exact.
Andrea Bernstein and Matt Katz laid out the case in WNYC:
Christies legal team is inappropriately hiding thousands of documents related to the Bridgegate scandal, the two defense lawyers argued in briefs filed late Tuesday. Among the hidden documents, the lawyers say, are emails to and from the governors personal and work email accounts and a calendar entry from the week when an order was delivered to close lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013.
The reporters note, At least 16 of those emails were sent from top Christie aides to former Port Authority appointee David Wildstein, who pleaded guilty in May to felony corruption charges for the politically-motivated lane closures, and Bill Baroni, the former top Port official who has pleaded not guilty in the case.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Stuart G
(38,428 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,838 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)JHB
(37,160 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)maxrandb
(15,330 posts)it's their go-to Get Out of Jail Free card
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)started talking about a Christie comeback.
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)mountain grammy
(26,622 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)lark
(23,102 posts)Repugs accuse others (loudly) for things they do themselves. Bush also had a private email account while governor of FL, as did Scott Walker, Christie, probably all of them.
They have no shame or conscience at all.
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)Criminals have to be criminal...
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)this'll be more "we have evidence but not enough to prosecute" stories we keep getting on the feeds.
NJCher
(35,675 posts)Personally, I'm with you and was thinking about this the other day--like WTH is taking so long? They have had long enough to wrap this up.
Well, it looks like he's so good at stalling that he has indeed been able to keep them from incriminating documents.
Perhaps, if these documents are obtained, they might have what they need.
And in terms of the length of time, the investigators can't very well issue a press release with the headline: "Investigation Taking Forever Due to Christie's Superior Stonewalling Skills."
This confirms to me that Christie is just as big of a nut as Trump and Carson--it's just that his particular neurosis is a little bit better concealed. He firmly believes in himself, when no one else does. Delusional.
Cher
gademocrat7
(10,658 posts)MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)is gonna give me a cavity.
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)... is squeezed into an orange jumpsuit like an overstuffed sausage, who will help him put his socks on?
Payback's a bitch, ain't it, Christie?
DebbieCDC
(2,543 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)psychopath
Tab
(11,093 posts)jury of your peers, and all that...
Stuart G
(38,428 posts)maybe then the arrogant asshole will learn how to act..note I said...................maybe.........................
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)Turbineguy
(37,337 posts)There's no scandal when you propaganda machine is better.
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)I'm tellin' ya, It's OK If You're A Republican. They can lie, cheat, steal and anything else they want to, because their voting base will let them get away with it as long as they keep saying bad stuff about the groups those voters hate.
RussBLib
(9,019 posts)and who are you to question the Lord?!?!
procon
(15,805 posts)spanone
(135,841 posts)'crooked as the day is long'
daybranch
(1,309 posts)malaise
(269,022 posts)I can't wait for Wildstein - chocolates coming up
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)Some of them are (republicans), either in part or whole, liars, cheaters, adulterers, homophobes, racists, etc., but they're all hypocrites. They're the party of highly dysfunctional family values.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)Um Gander, meet Goose.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Not that it's unexpected!
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)I am beginning to think "Ghazi" means "The -gate That Never Ends".