gridlock prevented the people of ft. lee from going about their daily lives, whether they were trying to get across the bridge or whether they were traveling only a few blocks across town. it was the first day of school. and the traffic apparently prevented many children from getting there on time. many people were apparently late for work. and local officials reported that first responders were being delayed as they tried to reach those in need. every investigation is always ongoing. we re always receptive to new evidence. what i will say is this, though. based on the evidence that is currently available to us, we re not going to charge anybody else in this scheme. that s u.s. attorney paul fishman outlining new federal charges in the bridge-gate investigation. steve kornacki was at that announcement. he joins us with more. what are the most serious charges here? well the most serious charges, you have a nine-count indictment against bill baroni one of the top new jersey top chris
placed police authority or bridge authority police officer, the one who drove david wildstein around that day knew exactly what was going on, knew it was some kind of bridge study or traffic study. a four-week jam-up of traffic of the busiest bridge anywhere and it was all a traffic study. what this adds is a plan to jam up the traffic and blame on it a month-long traffic study was known to the christie appointees, the union chief and the same port authority police officer chip michaels who told the ft. lee chief of police that day that the jam-up was going to last a month. every day we re learning that more and more people knew about this plot, including key people in christie s own office. everyone we are to believe, i suppose, but the man in whose name they were doing all this. from the port authority to the governor s office people knew no one was to take a phone call from the ft. lee mayor. they were to maintain radio silence for as long as the
been fired since the bridge lane scandal broke. the first two people to pre-resign, bill baroni and david wildstein. see baroni there. wildstein and baroni both resigned. baroni was governor christie s number two appointee at the port authority. he resigned in december as did david wildstein. david wildstein is a person bill baroni brought with him to the port authority and hired him there with mr. christie s position. here s another angle on them in a different concept. bill baroni on the left. very happy. mr. wildstein in the sunglasses and striped tie talking with governor christie. these two men were the first two christie appointees/allies to resign during the course of this scandal. they were number one and number two. the third person to lose his job in this scandal, bill stepien, chris christie s two-time campaign manager, about to become the head of the new jersey republican party and
e-mail has resigned. she is now the fifth chris christie staffer or appointee or close ally who has resigned or been fired since the bridge lane scandal broke. the first two people to pre-resign, bill baroni and david wildstein. see baroni there. the circle on the left. you see wildstein next to christie. wildstein and baroni both resigned. baroni was governor christie s number two appointee at the port authority. he resigned in december as did david wildstein. david wildstein is a person bill baroni brought with him to the port authority and hired him there with mr. christie s per milgs. permission. here s another angle on them in a different concept. bill baroni on the left. very happy. mr. wildstein in the sunglasses and striped tie talking with governor christie. these two men were the first two christie appointees/allies to resign during the course of this scandal. they were number one and number two. the third person to lose his job in this scandal, bill stepien,
she is now the fifth chris christie staffer or appointee or close ally who has resigned or been fired since the bridge lane scandal broke. the first two people to p preresign, bill baloni and david wildstein. see baroni there. wildstein and baroni both resigned. baroni was governor crist te s number two appointee at the port authority. he resigned in december as did david wildstein. david wildstein is a person bill baroni brought with him to the port authority and hired him there with mr. christie s position. here s another angle on them in a different concept. bill baroni on the left. very happy. mr. wildstein in the sunglasses and striped tie talking with governor christie. these two men were the first two christie appointees/allies to resign during the course of this scandal. they were number one and number two. the third person to lose his job in this scandal, bill stepien,