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Even Chris Christie's political allies admit the internal review claiming the embattled New Jersey governor had no personal involvement in the Bridgegate scandal doesn't have nearly enough information to clear him of wrongdoing.
'I would not accept this as a complete investigation,' former New York Mayor and Christie amigo Rudy Giuliani said Sunday on NBC's 'Meet the Press' of the report released this week by Christie's lawyers. 'But this report has gone as far as anybody could go.'
The $1-million, taxpayer-funded report, conducted by Christie attorney Randy Mastro, blamed the epic traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge last September solely on former Christie aide Bridget Anne Kelly and Port Authority executive David Wildstein.
I would not accept this as a complete investigation.
It also included eye-opening details about a purported romantic relationship between Kelly and former Christie campaign manager Bill Stepien, who has also been implicated in helping to plan the traffic mess.
Critics, however, have blasted the study because its authors were not able to interview most of the people at the heart of the scandal, including Kelly, Wildstein and Stepien -- a hole Giuliani hinted at.
Mastro, who was also Giuliani's former chief-of staff when he was mayor, 'would not do a whitewash, that is not in his character,' the former mayor said, adding that report, nevertheless 'is not conclusive.'
Mastro's report parallels two other ongoing investigations into the scandal -- one by the New Jersey Legislature and the U.S. Attorney's Office -- that are still ongoing.
New Jersey State Sen. Loretta Weinberg, one of the co-chairs into the state probe said she was 'willing to accept Gov. Christie's side of the story all the way along,' but maintained that the report was missing several documents, including 'the list of 70 people that were interviewed' for it as well as transcripts.
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