NJ Port Authority Probing Whether Officer Drove Chris Christie Ally Through Bridgegate Area
Source: Star-Ledger
NJ Port Authority probing whether officer drove Chris Christie ally through Bridgegate area
By NJ.com
Monday, February 17, 2014 17:13 EST
Steve Strunsky/The Star-Ledger February 17, 2014 at 2:21:00 PM EST
Gov. Chris Christie's office says he never spoke about September's George Washington Bridge lane closures with a Port Authority Police lieutenant he knows personally, and whose conduct during the closures is now the subject of an internal review.
Christie office also said governor had never spoken about the closures to Lt. Thomas "Chip" Michaels' brother, Jeffrey Michaels, a Republican lobbyist and former GOP legislative aide.
"The Governor has never had any conversations with either Jeff or Chip Michaels on this topic," Christie spokesman Colin Reed, said in a statement this morning.
Christie's office was reacting to word that Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye had ordered the agency’s police chief to investigate the lieutenant's actions during the Sept. 9-13 closures.
A source close to the Port Authority Police Department told The Star-Ledger on Sunday that the probe will focus on reports that Michaels, a 15-year veteran of the department and a member of its GWB unit, chauffeured former Port Authority official David Wildstein through Fort Lee's traffic-congested streets on the first of four days of closures.
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