Is this a new low for an American politician?

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BBC News - Emails link Chris Christie aide to lane closures

Republican rising star Chris Christie, New Jersey's Governor, is facing claims his office orchestrated traffic mayhem to pursue a petty political vendetta.

Emails and texts appear to link a Christie aide to the closure of lanes to the George Washington Bridge, one of the world's busiest, in September.

The gridlock was allegedly engineered to punish a Democratic mayor who did not endorse the governor's re-election.

Either the aid overstepped by a very long way or he was doing the bidding of his master.
Probably the latter.

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