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In reply to the discussion: Christie Crime Digest Volume III [View all]Laxman
(2,419 posts)22. If We're All Being Honest....
Last edited Thu Jul 16, 2015, 11:32 AM - Edit history (1)
let's admit that there's a certain attraction to the thought that Christie will be in the thick of the Republican presidential race. How long would it be before an explosion measured in megatons would take place-either at a press event or a debate. The sheer entertainment value would be incredible.
Christie bristles when asked if his White House would be indictment-free
MANCHESTER, N.H. Asked by a reporter how he could guarantee his White House wouldn't wind up facing indictments similar to Bridgegate, Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday derided it as "such a silly question I'm not even going to answer it."
And then spent two minutes answering it anyway.
After a reporter pressed him that he'd perhaps created a culture that permitted ethical and legal transgressions that prompted federal charges of former aides last week, Christie bristled.
"The fact is that there isn't anybody in public life who has had the opportunity to select lots of different people, that hasn't made some mistakes," the potential Republican presidential candidate said. "And I said that 15 or 16 months ago: That it was a mistake. I apologized for it. And I think it's kind of interesting that fifteen months later, exactly what I said in January 2014 has turned out to be at least according to all three of the investigations that have now occurred to be exactly what happened: I fired three people who I believed at the time based on the information I had to be culpable. And 15 months later ... no more than those three people have been found responsible by a federal grand jury."
MANCHESTER, N.H. Asked by a reporter how he could guarantee his White House wouldn't wind up facing indictments similar to Bridgegate, Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday derided it as "such a silly question I'm not even going to answer it."
And then spent two minutes answering it anyway.
After a reporter pressed him that he'd perhaps created a culture that permitted ethical and legal transgressions that prompted federal charges of former aides last week, Christie bristled.
"The fact is that there isn't anybody in public life who has had the opportunity to select lots of different people, that hasn't made some mistakes," the potential Republican presidential candidate said. "And I said that 15 or 16 months ago: That it was a mistake. I apologized for it. And I think it's kind of interesting that fifteen months later, exactly what I said in January 2014 has turned out to be at least according to all three of the investigations that have now occurred to be exactly what happened: I fired three people who I believed at the time based on the information I had to be culpable. And 15 months later ... no more than those three people have been found responsible by a federal grand jury."
read it here and view the video (not that exciting): http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/christie_bristles_when_asked_if_his_white_house_wo.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured
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I know what you mean.. There's been so much illegality in the christie admin and from christie
Cha
May 2015
#9
my first thought when I saw skinny Wildstein was "the people behind Christie radiation poisoned him"
Backwoodsrider
May 2015
#33
Also known as "Christie's Forty-Seven-Percent-Moment" (Good-natured jabs, my donkey)
rocktivity
May 2015
#50
Is Christie's publicly-financed self-exonerating Mastro report about to come back to haunt him?
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#56
You rock Laxman!!! While the non-memories of "Fitzmas" still hurt, I think this is different...
winstars
Jun 2015
#61
I have said all along, he will never get convicted of any crime. He seems to let others....
Logical
Jun 2015
#73
Christie's latest power failure: Another storm, another self-serving response
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#80
UPDATE: (Hillary Supporter) Jon Bon Jovi Says He Gave (Hillary Opponent) Christie Permission
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#85
Christie Confirms Bruce Is Still His Fave NJ Musician, Gets Ovation From Bruce's Fans
rocktivity
Aug 2015
#98
He's Being Funded By A Tabloid? That Explains Why He's Started Talking Like One
rocktivity
Aug 2015
#99
Didn't Christie just fantasize about beating a woman and then serving her with a subpoena?
rocktivity
Feb 2016
#138