Photo by: Robert Sciarrino Attorney Justin Walder, left, and his client David Samson, former Port Authority Director and a political mentor to Republican Gov. Chris Christie, arrive at the Federal Courthouse in Newark, N.J., Thursday, July 14, 2016. The U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey has been investigating whether Samson wrongfully used his Port Authority of New York and New Jersey post to get United Airlines to provide direct air service to South Carolina in 2014 to make it easier to get to his vacation home. (Robert Sciarrino /NJ Advance Media via AP)