Christie Knew About Bridge Lane Closings, Port Authority Official Says
Source: New York Times
The former Port Authority official who personally oversaw the lane closings on the George Washington Bridge in the scandal now swirling around Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Friday that the governor knew about the lane closings when they were happening, and that he had the evidence to prove it.
In a letter released by his lawyer, the official, David Wildstein, a high school friend of Mr. Christie’s who was appointed with the governor’s blessing at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls the bridge, described the order to close the lanes as “the Christie administration’s order” and said “evidence exists as well tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference” three weeks ago.
“Mr. Wildstein contests the accuracy of various statements that the governor made about him and he can prove the inaccuracy of some,” the letter added.
The letter marked the first signal that Mr. Christie may have been aware of the closings, something he repeatedly denied during a two-hour press conference earlier this month.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/nyregion/christie-bridge.html
Buh-bye, The Bully™
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[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
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or if Sea Bright and Bellville got their funding because they DID do something, those are crimes because they involve federal funding.
And if Christie's version of the lane closure is true, he would have fired everyone a month earlier. If it's true that he tried to stop someone at the PA from investigating it, he's also guilty of obstruction. Not enough to put him in jail, perhaps, but more than enough to get him out of politics.
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Rachel reported a few days ago that the Port Authority is not paying for his legal bills. He might as well talk!!
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- K&R
This is going to get gooooood.
From earlier this week - http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2014/01/another_cover-up_in_chris_chri.html Hunterdon County is a Republican stronghold. If Wally starts talking - I think others will . . . if they think they can save themselves.
Barlyn says that after he secured an indictment in 2010 against Hunterdon County Sheriff Deborah Trout, a Republican with political ties to Christie, he was fired and the case hastily killed by Christie’s appointed attorney general at the time, Paula Dow. The real story isn’t the mundane crimes that were alleged: hiring without proper background checks, making employees sign loyalty oaths, threatening critics and producing fake police badges for a prominent Christie donor. It’s the possible abuse of power by the administration’s head prosecutor."
And the day is still relatively young!
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Uh-OH!
I have thoroughly enjoyed the ongoing slow-roasting of chris christie - but methinks THIS just turned the temperature up!
He's done all he can for the good of the country, now he's going take some time and relax.
(credit goes to kpete's "tick tick tick" thread)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024422628
He's supposedly about to "respond" now.
Very, very happy!!
on the Islands~
flamingdem
beyond classic!
spin this.
as stupid as Closing the Bridges and all the other Bully Crap that Christie pulled on his way to the White House 2016!
little breaks.
This "letter" of Wildstein's came out just in the nick of time to put a crimp in Christie's Super Bowl Party. 
Guess I should thank Christie for throwing Wildstein so far under the bus that he hardly ever knew the man existed.. you know.. the one who he got the job at PA!
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THAT'S when he should have started investigating and firing people, not a month later. That's what an innocent, honest man would have done. And that's what's going to do him in.
Governor Soprano planned it so thoroughly, the air pollution monitors near the bridge didn't work for two and a half days because the readings would have been so high he would have been compelled to order the lanes reopened. And right on cue, he attempts to make his chief of staff the state attorney general, which would effectively torpedo any state-level investigation. He's the only person who had enough power to coordinate everything. And with his track record of bullying and micromanaging, his "innocent babe in the woods" act is downright insulting.
The evidence in this case is that there is no evidence.
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knew this the whole time. People say he wouldn't be that stupid. Bullshit its not stupidity, its arrogance and the full of himself syndrome. He thought as my grandmother would say " His shit don't stink." He thought he was King of New Jersey
because his cover is blown.
His moderate bipartisan act didn't fool me any more than McCain's did. Now the truth is out as to how he he charms Democrats: his idea of moderation is "My way or the highway," and his idea of bipartisanship is "My way or I'll CLOSE your highway!"
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Boroni did not testify under oath, and it appears that he did not testify truthfully. But he did testify, and his request for payment of his legal bills is still "under consideration."
Wildstein, on the other hand, didn't give anything but his name, hometown and employment status, then took the fifth. He claims it was his constitutional right, though John Wisniewski of the legislative panel begged to differ and found him in contempt. Apparently Wildstein is dazed and confused by his request being rejected so abruptly, but he's not above hinting that all can be revealed for the right price if not in exchange for immunity.
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His presidential aspirations have all but banished. He'll be lucky if he can keep his current job.
... remember that Tricky Dicky was counted out in 1952, after being exposed for corruption (recall the "Checkers" speech), and came back bigger and badder than ever in 1968.
Also Newt Gingrich, forced to resign as Speaker of the House, for ethics violations, in 1997 -- and came back as a serious Republican candidate for the Presidency in 2012.
Chris Christie looks like the same sort, to me. Watch out for him as a leading candidate in 2024 or 2028.
For Republicans, nastiness is an asset, not a liability.
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Plus video - http://video.foxnews.com/v/3134258780001/reaction-to-report-that-christie-knew-about-lane-closures/?playlist_id=928378949001
I had to briefly see a picture of Jan Brewer (Batshit - AZ) to gather this info.
That's the story of Christie's sorry life since all hell broke loose on January 8, 2014!
Well beyond Traffic Jams.. Wasn't it said that Christie would rue the day he acted like David Wildstein never existed? Even though Christie got him the job a PA!! Who ever advised him to lie about that didn't think that one through. Or was it Christie micromanaging again?
thanks onehandle
"I may be a crook, but I'm no bully."
But I'm thoroughly enjoying As NJ Turns...
wildstein would be dropping car sized hints that he'll unload every everything for immunity? REALLY?? To believe that BEGGARS belief, dear... lol! WOW
credit regarding his intelligence....TRUST ME, if he was that smart, he wouldn't have tried to run Jersey like the small time capo head of the gang that couldn't shoot straight. I mean, did he REALLY think that he would get away INDEFINITELY with using FEDERAL DISASTER FUNDS like his own personal slush fund? NOPE, there's a lot more coming down the pike and I'm willing to bet you a FATBURGER, that there's plenty of ACTUAL PHYSICAL evidence that he did EVERYTHING he's accused of AND MORE!!
And thanks for playin! Idiot!
