NJ Gov. Chris Christie knew about Bridgegate scheme as it unfolded, Feds say

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I agree Christie should be pumished. He should get the exact same punishment that Hillary got for all her crimes.

Only one will win the white house. Hillary Hillary!

 

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He's your typical career politician

 

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NJ Gov. Chris Christie knew about Bridgegate scheme as it unfolded, Feds say:

- http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/prosecution-rips-ex-christie-allies-start-bridgegate-trial-article-1.2798177 -

The Bridgegate trial extracted a heavy toll on Chris Christie Monday, when a federal prosecutor said the New Jersey governor knew about the petty scheme that caused gridlock in Fort Lee while it was underway.

The charge that Christie was told of the alleged political retaliation on the third of four days of traffic problems at the George Washington Bridge contradicted the governor’s previous statements that he was “blindsided” by the scandal.

Prosecutors levied the stunning allegation during opening remarks in the trial of former Christie associates, Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni, who are charged with intentionally causing traffic tieups on the GWB in September 2013.

Kelly and Baroni — along with former Port Authority honcho David Wildstein — orchestrated the closures as retribution for the refusal of Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, a Democrat, to endorse Christie for reelection, prosecutors say.


Bridgegate trial begins Monday for two Chris Christie cronies
Wildstein has pleaded guilty and will take the stand as the government’s star witness.

On Sept. 11, 2013 — the third of four days that traffic was bumper to bumper in Fort Lee — Baroni and Wildstein told Christie of the plot during a 9/11 memorial event in lower Manhattan and boasted that Sokolich’s desperate calls to the Port Authority were being met with “radio silence,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna said.

“They bragged about the fact there were traffic problems in Fort Lee (to Christie) and that Mayor Sokolich wasn’t getting his calls returned,” Khanna said.

Attorneys for Kelly and Baroni, meanwhile, sought to portray their clients as decent public servants who had the misfortune of entering Wildstein’s orbit. ...

Aren't people worried this guy will be part of Trump's Cabinet?

In Republican standards of late, Christie is mild compared to some real sicko who only give lip-service concerning the Constitution! Bugging random people used to be thought of invasion of privacy; NO MORE in the minds of conservatives! It's all about National Security! Christie's just the typical overbearing, blustery type that glom onto people's misery to use emotions against them! Trump's the poster-child of inflaming the ranks of the low-info, racists, and isolationist wing of the Republican Party! Why would anyone but level headed Dems and Indep. to point out these jokers? It's like they think people don't read or watch the news! "I never said that!" WHAT? It's on tape nitwit! What is wrong with him and his sycophants who try to overlook every reason to question Trump's qualifications?