Fort Lee Mayor Refuses To Be Interviewed By Christie's Lawyers
Source: TPM
ERIC LACH FEBRUARY 18, 2014, 10:35 AM EST
The New Jersey mayor at the center of the George Washington Bridge lane closing scandal won't cooperate with lawyers representing Gov. Chris Christie's (R) office, The Newark Star-Ledger reported on Monday.
In a letter sent Monday to the defense attorney leading the Christie administration's legal team, an attorney for Fort Lee, N.J. Mayor Mark Sokolich declined to have his client sit for an interview or voluntarily turn over documents related to the lane closures. Some democrats in New Jersey have for months suggested that the lane closures were retaliation against Sokolich, a Democrat who declined to endorse Christie's re-election last year.
While the mayor has gone out of his way to be fair to all parties in this matter, he wants to make sure that he respects the legal proceedings that are ongoing, Sokolich's attorney, Tim Donohue, wrote in his letter, according to the Star-Ledger. In light of the parallel investigations being conducted at the same time regarding the same subject matter, I do not believe it would be appropriate for the mayor to be interviewed by you or to produce any documents.
Christie's office hired attorney Randy Mastro to help produce documents for the multiple investigations into the lane closures, but also to help with an independent internal review of the incident. Sokolich's decision not to be interviewed by Mastro or his team follows a similar move by Hoboken, N.J. Mayor Dawn Zimmer.
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Botany
(70,627 posts)Is it wrong that I'm smiling?
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)Botany
(70,627 posts)the picture you linked to was when Ms. Kelly was in contact w/ David Wildstein about
the made up "traffic study" cover story. Of course there was no way that Christie could
have known about what was going on .... he was "out of the loop."
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)when some unredacted messages were compared w/redacted ones.
Don't know where I heard it, maybe Rachel?
gordianot
(15,249 posts)"Before you tattle on me I want to know what you are going to say". It is getting close to the time the bully decides to run away but he needs a few more threats.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Nothing good could have come from such an interview.
SunSeeker
(51,772 posts)but he wants to talk to her victims?
Fuck you Christie. Stop impeding state and federal investigation with your attack dogs on the taxpayers' dime. Fuck you.
leftieNanner
(15,187 posts)He wants to intimidate them too.
When we get to the bottom of this cesspool, I hope Christie's sitting at the bottom, plugging up the drain.
Cha
(297,890 posts)remember all this shit.
People complaining about msnbc focusing on the Christie scandals so much shoulda told Christie to watch his damn greed for power, buster.. and then maybe The Harder They Fall wouldn't be happening like mushrooms popping up after two weeks' hard rain on the Islands.
SunSeeker
(51,772 posts)Christie is using taxpayer dollars to pay for his $600/hr pit bulls to conduct what amounts to witness tampering.
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)There goes the mayors kneecaps!
DURHAM D
(32,617 posts)rurallib
(62,471 posts)for those innocents who now have to lawyer up to dispute his lies.
To think this fucker might have been president except for one intrepid report from Bergen.
Historic NY
(37,457 posts)meanwhile go piss up a rope.
VA_Jill
(10,031 posts)to reply to Christie's lawyer. The only obligations he has are to the federal prosecutor and to the state legislature when he is called to testify or give interviews. He has just given the governor the same thing the governor gave him, a big fat "F.U." Go Mark!
Scairp
(2,749 posts)It is beginning to smell like obstruction. Not yet but it could be interpreted that way.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)Last edited Tue Feb 18, 2014, 11:12 PM - Edit history (1)
christies lawyers wanted the meeting so they can inform the mayor of the many ways legs can be broken.
I'm glad the mayor told them to screw off.
Ok but they know these people are cooperating with the feds so why is this lawyer, or team of lawyers, taking the chance of being seen as attempting to intimidate witnesses? I don't get it. Nobody who has accused him of being corrupt is going to take a meeting with his shark.
Cha
(297,890 posts)thing.. Buzz off buster.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Gothmog
(145,754 posts)The mayor has no obligation to cooperate with Christie's private counsel. I am surprised that Christie's counsel made this request
Cha
(297,890 posts)besides it's Christie.. no hubris or culture of bully is too over the top for these fucking guys.
VA_Jill
(10,031 posts)This smells more and more like Watergate every day .some of you just probably aren't old enough to remember that. I was a young mom with a toddler and it was better than the soaps any day.
Skittles
(153,254 posts)I'll never forget that drama, especially when the freaking president RESIGNED
Cha
(297,890 posts)though, yeah?