mr. samson was instrumental and he is getting elected to be governor. ded up chris christie's job to be office. general samson is also a named partner in a powerful new jersey law firm call wolfe. he has done really, really well for himself and gave david samson that job at that very rich agency. this is reporting from wnyc, the radio station. this plots the lobbying income of david samson's law firm over the years. you can see it here for 2007, 2008, 2009. governor christie ran to become governor and was elected in 2009. he resumed office in 2010. and yeah, look, wolff does a lot better once chris christie takes over the state government. and then he appoints samson. and then look, wow, oh, wow, hey. samson is doing really, really well once he gets that gig. these are the numbers for 2012 as well. david samson has been chairman of the port authority, the port authority has repeatedly taken pakss have financially benefited mr. samson's clients at his private law firm. so for example, his law firm had a client that wanted to make more money on its commute

mr. samson. general samson. and i'm confident that he had no knowledge of this. >> two months after christie made those comments, the allegations of samson's conflicts of interests just keep rolling in. his firm represents the owner of the railroad construction company inc. they have won almost $16 million worth of contract work from the port authority since samson became the chairman of the port authority. some of those contracts samson voted on. mr. samson took public role in promoting and defending a del for the port authority to take over operations of the atlantic city airport. a deal that could ultimately lead the a lucrative purchase or lease agreement with the owner. but samson's firm was representing that same owner of the airport. samson recused himself from discussions and votes on the issue. samson's firm also represented the rockefeller group who is looking to develop property on a piece of land in hoe woken. two months after he nominated samson as chairman but before he was confirmed, the port auth

mr. samson, quote, i have concluded that you intended to recuse on that matter.ugh clerical inadvertence, your recusal was not noted. clerical inadvertence. i'm going to get that tattooed in latin on my bag. a spokesman did answer to the bergen record yesterday. but today she responded to the newspaper by providing that letter, the general counsel's letter which says essentially the vote in question never happened. it's not like a divorce, more like an annulment. just never happened. the port authority's general counsel says he now intends to, quote, correct the board's minutes to reflect david samson's recusal. i'm not sure i've ever seen anything as a retroactive recusal, but in new jersey we're all learning that anything is possible. late tonight as a result of this developing story as well as the agency's role in the bridgegate scandal, tonight "the star ledger" published this editorial calling on david samson to resign. so far chris christie seems happy to keep him in the post. he says he's quite confident that david samson did nothing wrong, but the largest

be choosy and consensus stands still conference to be serious on politics in egypt and syria a mrs samson but those countries that you'll like the wind ups for you with the core terroris egypt for you with the muslim brotherhood which is being portrayed as terrorists and syria. you light it with the assad regime for you with the opposition which has been portrayed as terrorists meanwhile next door and maybe a backcountry had looked hopeful when elections were held in twenty twelve but today lydia looks as though it's in the grip of minutes is on sale for a christian is he an exception i think festival events in egypt had a big influence on the chin is in transition and indeed at brushing can achieve the head of the islamists talking to msia and nada. he said. that's the crackdown on the muslim brotherhood in egypt had influenced his decision to compromise on the constitution and to msia and probably the crackdown in egypt said influenced in on a more generally acknowledged it was a compromise with other political forces and they've been on a perhaps too to make its choice to see how it at

mr. samson also turns up in the documents saying that pat foy the guy who reopens the bridge is stirring up trouble and he ought to stop playing in traffic. despite all of that, despite the way david samson is in the mix of all of these things. governor christie says he's come vinced of david samson's total innocence in this manner. he is still in this position that chris christie appointed him to. he's been subpoenaed at least twice in the investigation of this matter. he's been represented by two major law firms, including one run by chertoff, the former head of homeland security. the people who have invoked their fifth amendment rights are stepien and kelly. the committee investigating the scandal filed lawsuits against bill stepien and bridgette kelly. these are the civil actions they filed. if they continue to refuse to hand over documents they could be held in contempt which would be a matter of criminal prosecution against them. they are big heavy dense legal documents, these are the court filings against bill stepien and bridgette kelly today. it's legalese, but at times they rea

mr. samson?> out of all these, i get away with it more than i get caught, that's for sure. >> samson's tattoo write-ups have cost him more than 200 days in earned good time. but he says the extra time in prison is worth it. >> the time i've lost by getting caught doing what i'm doing is well worth the sanity that i would have lost if i had just done what they said and walked the line. shut my mouth and went to my house and did nothing and just sat there and watched my tv. i'm more at ease with myself. i respect myself a lot more for having done what i want to do in here. that's my outlet, that's my escape. >> it's always been fascinating to me how these guys manage to get tattoos in prison. not only the items they need to do the tattoos, but the fact that they can get away with doing tattoos. >> any small wire can be straightened out and made into a needle. you can get motors out of appliances, tape recorders, cameras. >> along with needles, tattooing can also be made from everyday items. >> that

mr. samson's kind of, i think lame explanation, there still is no counternarrative out there that the governorthe governor staff has put out. and it's very interesting what's going on with respect to the legislative committee going to court today to get the documents for which mr. stepian and ms. kelly are claiming the fifth amendment. for the most part -- >> can they get those documents? they're government e-mails on government -- that i ear owned by the government, aren't they? >> yeah, that's right. they're going to get them and they tier going to get them for a couple of reasons. first, the fifth amendment rarely applies to documents. it complies to compelled testimony against once oneself. it can apply to documents in rare instances where the government is saying i suspect somebody of drug trafficking and they subpoena that person and they say give me all the documents that show you may have been involved in drug trafficking. in that case, the production of the documents may be incriminating. but here you have something entirely different. you have, first of all, documents, as you just po