Christie Attorney Responds To Kelly Lawyer’s Charges That Report Was Sexist

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2008 file photo, attorney Randy Mastro, right, argues a case in state Supreme Court in New York while New York City Corporation Counsel Stephen Kitzinger, left, listens. Gov. Chris Christie's... FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2008 file photo, attorney Randy Mastro, right, argues a case in state Supreme Court in New York while New York City Corporation Counsel Stephen Kitzinger, left, listens. Gov. Chris Christie's administration hired Mastro's law firm on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 to assist with an internal review in the wake of an apparent political payback scandal in New Jersey. The firm will be looking into a plot that shut down lanes to the George Washington Bridge for four days in September, 2013, causing massive traffic jams. (AP Photo/ Marc A. Hermann, Pool, File) MORE LESS
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After a lawyer for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) released a report on the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, an attorney for former Christie aide Bridget Kelly called parts of the report “sexist.”

Attorney Randy Mastro on Sunday defended his report.

“We treated both David Wildstein and Bridget Kelly exactly the same. They deserved the assessment that we gave both of them about their personal conduct and about their actions, exactly the same way, because they violated the public trust. And that’s what the evidence showed,” Mastro said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Mastro said it was “obvious” that Kelly had an ulterior motive, but couldn’t say why when asked by “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos.

“We can’t establish what the ulterior motive is because we didn’t have the chance to question Kelly and Wildstein,” Mastro said.

Christie’s attorney also said that he was confident his report would not be contradicted by the investigation conducted by the U.S. attorney’s office.

“We had no incentive to do anything other than to get to the truth,” Mastro said.

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