Palin on Christie: Hard to Imagine He Didn’t Know What Aides Were Up To

Sarah Palin isn’t making any judgments about Chris Christie‘s culpability in the BridgeGate scandal, but she did take from her own experience as governor of a state to question the idea that Christie had no idea what was going on around him. In an interview with Inside Edition this week, Palin said when you’re the governor of a state, it’s hard not to have a good idea what the people around you are up to.

Amid talking about other issues like Clay Aiken and a potential 2016 run, Palin took on the ongoing situation in New Jersey and said, from her experience, governors generally know what their top people are doing.

“It’s hard to be the CEO of an organization and not know what the closest people to you are up to. It’s tough not to know. I know when I was mayor and manager of this city and then governor of the state, certainly you know what your top aides are up to.”

She didn’t say much more on the subject, except to share the hope that “truth is being told right now.” When she spoke to Inside Edition last month about Christie, Palin said BridgeGate is an “atrocious” scandal, but nowhere near as outrageous as Obama’s scandals.

Watch the video below, via Inside Edition:

[h/t The Right Scoop]

[photo via screengrab]

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