for four-days in september people werhere, we are talking school buses and emergency vehicles for hours because three lanes were reduced to one into that cash toll lane. the governor denied any involvement in purposefully shutting down the lanes as some sort of political pay back because the mayor here in fort lee who is a democrat didn t want to endorse christie s reelection. there are now apparently two weeks before the lane closings, one of christie s top aid kelly actually e-mailed the port authority who happens to be christie s close friend. she wrote, time for some traffic problems in fort lee. that s really damming right there. there are also calls for the u.s. attorney to investigate the governor canceled yesterday but the statement reads what i have seen from the times is
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but first, here s exactly what you need to know about today s ruling. it addresses two people you may have heard of, two people at the center of the bridgegate issues. former christie campaign manager, bill steppian, whom christie said he fired for his tone, not for involvement in these lane closings, and bridgette ann kelly, christie s former deputy chief of staff. kelly, of course, had a direct link to the lane closings, because of that infamous e-mail, quote, time for some traffic problems in ft. lee, to which david wildstein replied, got it. the legislature has seen testimony and documents from both of them, and wildstein invoked his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to testify. both of them, and wildstein invoked his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to testify. on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully assert my right to remain silent under the united states and new jersey constitutions. kelly and steppian asserted a similar
our findings today are a vindication of governor christie and what he said all along that he had no knowledge of this lane realignment beforehand and no involvement in the decision. there is not a shred, not a shred of hard evidence that the governor did anything other than he has publicly said. that was from this morning s press conference, and despite those strong denials, the report has interesting stuff in it. it acknowledges the port authority official who oversaw the lane closings, david wildstein, says he told christie about the closures while they were going on at the time. that is something christie has denied knowing about. he says when they were happening, he didn t know. today governor christie said he didn t recall that very conversation, and if it did
prediction, it doesn t address some of the most important questions at all. why, exactly, former members of christie s administration ordered these access lanes from ft. lee, new jersey, on to the george washington bridge, to be closed for what became a four-day stop causing traffic jams and delayed school buses and emergency responders under the guise of a new fictitious traffic study? what the report did do was exactly what skeptics have long predicted. tried to provide cover for the embattled governor as he tries to move past these scandals. we found that governor christie had no knowledge beforehand of this george washington bridge realignment idea. our findings today are a vindication of governor christie and what he said all along that he had no knowledge of this lane realignment beforehand and no involvement in the decision. there is not a shred, not a shred of hard evidence that the governor did anything other than he has publicly said. that was from this morning s press co
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