In bridge scandal, attorney says FBI visited Bill Stepien's home

[Eugene]

Source: The Star-Ledger

In bridge scandal, attorney says FBI visited Bill Stepien's home

By Christopher Baxter/The Star-Ledger
on March 03, 2014 at 5:51 PM, updated March 03, 2014 at 7:36 PM

TRENTON — The attorney for Bill Stepien, Gov. Chris Christie’s two-time campaign manager, said today the former Republican political operative was under federal investigation and should not have to produce records to the legislative panel reviewing the George Washington Bridge lane closings.

In a brief to be filed in state Superior Court in Mercer County, the attorney, Kevin Marino, refuted the panel’s assertion that Stepien was not in danger of self-incrimination and took direct aim at one of its co-chairmen, Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex).

“Having pre-determined the outcome of his committee’s investigation and successfully sparked a parallel grand jury probe, the chairman clearly hopes these investigations will lead to criminal charges,” Marino said. “Mr. Stepien is undeniably a subject, if not a target, of both inquiries.”

The committee last month asked the court to order Stepien and a former deputy chief of staff to Christie, Bridget Anne Kelly, to comply with subpoenas seeking records related to the September closings. Christie fired Kelly and cut ties with Stepien in January.

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[lindysalsagal]

1. Just as many predicted, scoundruls hiding behind other scoudruls.

They'll all walk.

[Cha]

2. Blah blah blah.. I hope it's just delaying the

inevitable.

thanks Eugene