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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChristie comes full circle
By Jennifer Rubin September 19 at 2:15 PM
Jennifer Rubin writes the Right Turn blog for The Post, offering reported opinion from a conservative perspective. Follow @JRubinBlogger
A Republican colleague and former admirer of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie emails, He goes from U.S. attorney to being outed by the U.S. attorney in court. What a fall. Christie began his climb to national prominence as a U.S. Attorney appointed by George W. Bush, and was for a time a favorite in both the 2012 and 2016 races. Now its all a distant memory.
My GOP colleague is referring to the proceedings of the Bridgegate criminal trial:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie knew about the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal while it was taking place, according to federal prosecutors making their opening statements Monday morning in the trial of two former allies of the governor accused of creating gridlock in Fort Lee to punish the towns mayor for not endorsing Christies 2013 re-election.
The governor, who has denied any knowledge of the scandal until months later, was told about the lane closures at a Sept. 11 memorial service at the World Trade Center in 2013, three days into the closures, prosecutor Vikas Khanna told jurors.
The governor, who has denied any knowledge of the scandal until months later, was told about the lane closures at a Sept. 11 memorial service at the World Trade Center in 2013, three days into the closures, prosecutor Vikas Khanna told jurors.
Both sides agree Christie knew of the gambit at the time, meaning, if true, he repeatedly lied to the media and public when he claimed he was entirely in the dark about his aides payback effort to punish the mayor of Fort Lee for declining to endorse Christie for governor.
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Christie comes full circle (Original Post)
DonViejo
Sep 2016
OP
Breaking: Hussein had no wmd's. OJ did it. Christie knew. Hitler is still dead.
lindysalsagal
Sep 2016
#5
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)1. Christie was the cone guy
malaise
(269,054 posts)2. Cone con - same difference
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)3. Jennifer Rubin?
Oh my, talk about the wheel turning. Or the worm.
trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)4. FIRE FAT BOY CHRIS CHRISTIE NOW
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)5. Breaking: Hussein had no wmd's. OJ did it. Christie knew. Hitler is still dead.
That is all.