WATCH: Christie: I Need An Apology

Gov. Chris Christie once apologized for the “Bridgegate” political payback scandal that involved closing George Washington Bridge lanes, causing a costly traffic jam in Fort Lee.

Now, he says, it’s time to for people to apologize to him.

Christie didn’t specify exactly who should apologize to the now-declared presidential candidate, but he did target “people who accuse you of doing something wrong” as his main detractors.

He also took the media to task - specifically MSNBC and The New York Times - for their ”relentless attacks” against him.

On the broadcast (see below, at 4-minute mark), he said that, in the beginning of the scandal, it was all about “he did this, he directed this.” Then he said:

“Instead of just standing up and saying what they should say which is, ’We’re sorry governor for having jumped to conclusions. W’ere sorry for having prejudged this. We’re sorry for having, not only accused you, but convicted you,’ they say, ’Oh well. All right. Now it’s a culture [of misdeeds].’ It wasn’t a culture.”

Christie said “accidents, mistakes happen,” but he is accountable - not responsible - for those problems associated with Bridgegate.

Christie noted that his own investigation, a legislative investigation and a U.S. Attorney’s Office investigation have, so far, not found any wrongdoing on the governor’s part.

The latter probe led to a guilty plea and two indictments of ex-Christie allies who allegedly orchestrated the scheme to avenge the Democratic Fort Lee mayor’s decision not to endorse Christie in his 2013 re-election campaign.

Christie described the period of time after the Bridgegate scandal disclosures “awful,” noting he was subjected to “nightly specials” calling him “Atilla the Hun.”

Now, he said, “nobody cares” about Bridgegate. The only people who asked him questions about it, he said, are reporters on the presidential campaign trail.