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HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY BLACKED OUT.
SURE, WE'VE ALL HEARD THE ONE
ABOUT THE RABBI WHO WALKS INTO
THE BAR, BUT TWO TOP STAFFERS
WITH TIES TO GOVERNOR CHRIS
CHRISTIE JOKED ABOUT MAKING A
PROMINENT NEW JERSEY RABBI THE
VICTIM OF SOME SERIOUS
TRANSPORTATION DELAY, ACCORDING
TO DOCUMENTS RELEASED TODAY.
THE EXCHANGE INVOLVES A
DISCUSSION BETWEEN BRIDGET
KELLY, A FORMER TOP CHRISTIE
AIDE, AND DAVID WILDSTEIN WHO
CHRISTIE APPOINTED TO THE PORT
AUTHORITY.
WILDSTEIN SENDS KELLY THE
PICTURE OF A RABBI WITH HOUSE
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER AND SAYS,
HE IS OFFICIALLY PISSED ME OFF.
KELLY REPLIES, CLEARLY.
WE CANNOT CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE, CAN WE?
WILDSTEIN RESPONDS, FLIGHTS TO
TEL AVIV ALL MYSTERIOUSLY
DELAYED.
THE RABBI IS CHAPLAIN OF THE
PORT AUTHORITY POLICE AND IS
PROMINENT IN NEW JERSEY EVEN
LIGHTING THE MENORAH AT THE
GOVERNOR'S MANSION.
IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM THE TEXT WHY
WILDSTEIN WAS ANNOYED WITH THE
RABBI.
WE WERE UNABLE TO REACH THE
RABBI FOR COMMENT BUT SOURCES
TELL CNN HE'S NOT INVOLVED IN
THE LANE CLOSURES.
THE NEW DOCUMENTS DON'T DIRECTLY
TIE CHRISTIE TO THE BRIDGEGATE
SCANDAL BUT HE WAS PEPPERED WITH
QUESTIONS ON WEDNESDAY.
>> WE'RE GOING THROUGH AN
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
ALL THIS STUFF WILL KOOM OUT
OVER THE APPROPRIATE PERIOD OF
TIME.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE IN TO THE
HYSTERIA OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE
GIVEN BY FOLKS WHO HAVE
INFORMATION TODAY THAT I DIDN'T
HAVE AT THE TIME.
>> Reporter: THE NEWLY RELEASED
TEXTS AND E-MAILS COME FROM THE
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING WEATHER
LAST SUMMER'S LANE CLOSURES ON
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE
WERE POLITICAL PAYBACK.
THE NEW EXCHANGE IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT CAME AUGUST 19th, SIX
DAYS AFTER KELLY'S INFAMOUS
E-MAIL TO WILDSTEIN, TIME FOR
SOME TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN FT.
LEE.
A MESSAGE THAT LAUNCHED THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE NATIONAL
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT AND COST KELLY
HER JOB.
>> WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW DID BRIDGET
KELLY COME TO BELIEVE THAT SHE
SHOULD SEND THIS E-MAIL?
WHO GAVE HER THE AUTHORIZATION?
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS.
>> Reporter: THE DOCUMENTS ALSO
REVEALED A CONVERSATION
WILDSTEIN HAD WITH A PORT
AUTHORITY POLICE OFFICER THAT
SHOWS WILDSTEIN WAS ON THE
BRIDGE THE FIRST DAY OF THE LANE
CLOSURES.
THE E-MAILS AND TEXTS ALSO
PROVIDE A GLIMPSE INTO HOW KEY
PLAYERS HANDLED THE UNFOLDING
SCANDAL AND EVEN OFFERED A