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OF IT FOR A WHILE.
>> LET'S MOVE ONTO GOVERNOR
CHRIS CHRISTIE.
AN ATTORNEY HIRED BY CHRISTIE
RELEASED A REPORT YESTERDAY THAT
SAID THE GOVERNOR KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT BRIDGEGATE, ABOUT TCLOSIN
OF THOSE ACCESS LEANS.
AS HE TRIES TO PUT IT BEHIND
HIM, HE DID HIS FIRST
POST-BRIDGEGATE INTERVIEW.
LISTEN TO THIS QUESTION ABOUT
WILL YOU CHANGE YOUR STYLE.
>> NO.
I AM WHAT I AM.
I HEAR FROM MOST PEOPLE THAT
THAT'S THE THING THEY LOVE THE
MOST.
>> WHAT ABOUT IOWA?
>> I THINK THEY LOVE ME IN IOWA
TOO, DIANE.
I'VE BEEN THERE A LOT.
I THINK THEY LOVE ME THERE TOO.
>> NOT SO HUMBLE?
>> THAT WAS NOT REALLY A SCALED
BACK, REALLY CHANGED BY THIS
WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
THAT REPORT THAT CAME OUT
YESTERDAY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS
CONDEMNED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES
EDITORIAL BOARD AS A WHITEWASH,
IT WAS NOT EVEN -- THE PERSONAL
VERSION THAT HIS LAWYERS PUT
TOGETHER, IT STILL PAINTS A
PRETTY MESSY PICTURE OF WHAT WAS
GOING ON IN HIS OFFICE.
>> THE MESSY PICTURE THING IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE'S A
GOVERNOR.
EVEN IF HE HAD NO PERSONAL ROLE,
IF IT WAS HAPPENING IN HIS
OFFICE, WHY DIDN'T HE KNOW ABOUT
IT.
THE ATTORNEY IN THE REPORT
TRASHES ONE OF THE KEY
WITNESSES.
HIS FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF OF
STAFF, ONE OF THREE PEOPLE WHO
WOULD NOT BE INTERVIEWED BECAUSE
THEY HAVE LAWYERS TELLING THEM
DON'T COOPERATE WITH ANY OF THE
INVESTIGATIONS RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT HER,
EVENTS IN HER LIFE MAY HAVE HAD
BEARING ON HER SUBJECTIVE
MOTIVATIONS AND STATE OF MIND.
IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE VERY CLOSE
TO YOUR OFFICE, WHAT IS THE
PUBLIC IN TRASHING HER AND
SUGGESTING SHE WAS ON STABLE OR
HAD SOME PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
THAT CAUSED ERRATIC BEHAVIOR?
>> IF YOU ARE THE ONE TAKING
HEAT, YOU WANT A SCAPEGOAT, YOU
WANT A FALL GUY.
WHETHER THAT'S THE GOD'S HONEST
TRUTH OR SHE'S BEING SET UP AS
THE VILLAIN, IT STILL CREATES
THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE IS
SOMEONE BEING SCAPEGOATED.
SO THE QUESTION IS IS SHE GOING
TO STAY LAWYERED UP, IS SHE
GOING TO STAY QUIET, OR IS SHE
GOING TO SPEAK UP FOR HERE'S AND
TRY TO COUNTER THIS PERCEPTION.
>> AND HE HAS A PRESS CONFERENCE
TODAY.
I ASSUME HE'S GOING TO BE ASKED
ABOUT THE TONE HERE.
WHY DO YOU ATTACK HER BEFORE YOU
GET TO THE END OF THE
INVESTIGATION?
>> IT COULD BE THAT THIS IS
TRUE, BUT THEY DIDN'T INTERVIEW
THIS WOMAN, THEY DIDN'T
INTERVIEW THE VERY SMALL HANDFUL
OF PEOPLE WHO THEY SAY ARE