Three big Bridgegate details

[Statistikhengst]

Source: see third link below.





I think this pretty much kills any possiblity of a Christie run at the Presidency, right here and now.

David Wildstein, Christie's good friend and confidant, has plead guilty to two conspiracy counts today in court:

BREAKING on Bridgegate

1. Wildstein, Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni were in on the plan to shut down the lanes from the very beginning. This is what Wildstein is claiming in his plea.

2. The decision to shut down the lanes to the bridge was done to punish Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for his failure to endorse Gov. Christie's reelection campaign.

3. The first day of school was chosen as the day to begin the lane closures specifically to maximize the pain on city residents and thus on Sokolich as part of a scheme of political payback.

In other words, all of the things people had accused him of, he and Kelly and Baroni did.


Bridgegate Everything you need to know right now NJ.com

Here's the latest:

Wildstein pleads guilty

David Wildstein admitted today to conspiring with Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly to close the lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 to "punish" the mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing Christie in his re-election bid.

New York Times: Baroni, Kelly to be indicted

The New York Times reports that indictments are to be unsealed against two people in the Bridgegate scandal today: Bill Baroni, former Port Authority deputy executive director, and Bridget Anne Kelly, a former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Chris Christie.

Here is a time-line of the Bridgegate scandal:

Bridgegate How the scandal unfolded NJ.com

You will find the lie told in picture no. 7 to be most enlightening. It is followed up with picture no. 11.


Just to be clear: with Wildstein's guilty plea, this thing is just starting.

If you go through the chronology of this, you see a big scandal being uncovered, one bit at a time.

I absolutely do not see how Chris Christie can survive this politically. In fact, I am beginning to think that before the end of 2015, Gov. Christie will be forced to resign in disgrace. Wait and see.


I remember Dot Com, Derideo_Te and Synthaholic following the Bridgegate affair very closely when I joined USMB in November of 2013, so I wager that this information will very much interest all three of those gentlemen.


Discuss: Can Chris Christie survive this scandal that is just starting to break open? Will he run for President?

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Get us one of these scandals for jeb.

 

[Dot Com]

so it was a CONspiracy. Figures.

 

[Statistikhengst]

so it was a CONspiracy. Figures.

Exactly as you had been predicting. Yepp.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Get us one of these scandals for jeb.

Hilly has em galore, doesn't seem to matter to them.

 

[rightwinger]

Get us one of these scandals for jeb.

2000 Presidential election

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Good thing no one close to Hillary has any scandals

 

[The2ndAmendment]

Meanwhile, as the NSA operates under general search warrants, and the IRS impoverishes political opposition, Ferguson and Baltimore burn, a dressed like Osama bin Laden crosses the undefended border on video 20 times, Governor Abbott deploys Texas State Guard to defend Texans against federal military forces in Operation Jade Helm...

 

[Statistikhengst]

Get us one of these scandals for jeb.

Vutt, U no vahnt Cheb??

 

[Statistikhengst]

Meanwhile, as the NSA operates under general search warrants, and the IRS impoverishes political opposition, Ferguson and Baltimore burn, a dressed like Osama bin Laden crosses the undefended border on video 20 times, Governor Abbott deploys Texas State Guard to defend Texans against federal military forces in Operation Jade Helm...

Uhhh, yepp.

Surreal is in for 2015.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Get us one of these scandals for jeb.

2000 Presidential election

There you redeeming yourself.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Meanwhile, as the NSA operates under general search warrants, and the IRS impoverishes political opposition, Ferguson and Baltimore burn, a dressed like Osama bin Laden crosses the undefended border on video 20 times, Governor Abbott deploys Texas State Guard to defend Texans against federal military forces in Operation Jade Helm...

but but but Bridgegate!

 

[g5000]

I absolutely do not see how Chris Christie can survive this politically.

I absolutely do not see a shred of evidence any of this was done at the direction of Chris Christie.

 

[HenryBHough]

If Christie can be proven to have participated in this fiasco he definitely cannot be the Republican candidate for 2016.

However, it would improve his chances at the Democrat nomination after Mrs. Rodham-Clinton is safely under the bus.

 

[g5000]

If Christie can be proven to have participated in this fiasco he definitely cannot be the Republican candidate for 2016.

Key word: "If".

So far: bupkes.

 

[Nyvin]

I absolutely do not see how Chris Christie can survive this politically.

I absolutely do not see a shred of evidence any of this was done at the direction of Chris Christie.

It was some of his top advisors and officials. If he can't keep tabs on what those people are doing how in the world can he expect to even be a governor let alone president?

 

[g5000]

I absolutely do not see how Chris Christie can survive this politically.

I absolutely do not see a shred of evidence any of this was done at the direction of Chris Christie.

It was some of his top advisors and officials. If he can't keep tabs on what those people are doing how in the world can he expect to even be a governor let alone president?

You mean to say we have had Presidents who never had "top advisors and officials" who didn't get involved in some kind of scandal?

Who? William Henry Harrison?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Bridgegate?



Wow.. you leftwing nutters are a never ending source of amusement.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Christie is in NJ, the bridge leads to NJ, what else do we need to know?

Stats, this was HUGE!

 

[Political Junky]

Source: see third link below.





I think this pretty much kills any possiblity of a Christie run at the Presidency, right here and now.

David Wildstein, Christie's good friend and confidant, has plead guilty to two conspiracy counts today in court:

BREAKING on Bridgegate

1. Wildstein, Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni were in on the plan to shut down the lanes from the very beginning. This is what Wildstein is claiming in his plea.

2. The decision to shut down the lanes to the bridge was done to punish Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for his failure to endorse Gov. Christie's reelection campaign.

3. The first day of school was chosen as the day to begin the lane closures specifically to maximize the pain on city residents and thus on Sokolich as part of a scheme of political payback.

In other words, all of the things people had accused him of, he and Kelly and Baroni did.


Bridgegate Everything you need to know right now NJ.com

Here's the latest:

Wildstein pleads guilty

David Wildstein admitted today to conspiring with Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly to close the lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 to "punish" the mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing Christie in his re-election bid.

New York Times: Baroni, Kelly to be indicted

The New York Times reports that indictments are to be unsealed against two people in the Bridgegate scandal today: Bill Baroni, former Port Authority deputy executive director, and Bridget Anne Kelly, a former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Chris Christie.

Here is a time-line of the Bridgegate scandal:

Bridgegate How the scandal unfolded NJ.com

You will find the lie told in picture no. 7 to be most enlightening. It is followed up with picture no. 11.


Just to be clear: with Wildstein's guilty plea, this thing is just starting.

If you go through the chronology of this, you see a big scandal being uncovered, one bit at a time.

I absolutely do not see how Chris Christie can survive this politically. In fact, I am beginning to think that before the end of 2015, Gov. Christie will be forced to resign in disgrace. Wait and see.


I remember Dot Com, Derideo_Te and Synthaholic following the Bridgegate affair very closely when I joined USMB in November of 2013, so I wager that this information will very much interest all three of those gentlemen.


Discuss: Can Chris Christie survive this scandal that is just starting to break open? Will he run for President?

Yes, Wildstein already pleaded guilty.
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Bridgegate Bill Baroni Bridget Kelly indicted on 9 counts NJ.com
Two key figures in the Bridgegate scandal — Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly — were each indicted on nine counts of conspiracy, fraud and related charges, according to court documents unsealed Friday.