2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNew Jersey Bridge Scandal Suddenly Gets Worse For Chris Christie
Last week I mentioned the peculiar story of David Wildstein, an executive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, who closed down several lanes of the George Washington Bridge last October in apparent retaliation against the mayor of Fort Lee for not supporting Chris Christie's reelection campaign. It all seemed pretty sleazy, but I also figured it was "vanishingly unlikely" that Christie himself had anything to do with this. It was embarrassing for him, but that was all.
Today, that may have changed:
Bill Baroni and David Wildstein, former executives at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, have sought outside counsel amid an investigation into why traffic lanes leading to the nation's busiest bridge were closed, the documents showed.
....Mr. Wildstein recently hired Alan L. Zegas, a criminal lawyer from Chatham, N.J., to represent him, according to an email sent from Mr. Zegas to the state Legislature Tuesday....Mr. Baroni retained Michael Himmel, of Lowenstein Sandler LLP. Mr. Himmel works at the firm's New York City and Roseland, N.J. offices, and specializes in white collar crime, according to his biography.
Read Mark Kleiman for more on just why this is such bad news for Christie. This scandal is starting to look like it has more legs than I thought.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/12/new-jersey-bridge-scandal-suddenly-gets-worse-chris-christie
Chris Christy is now on the Big Stage, being a Bully in New Jersey fits but not for long, seeing through his load mouth bully pulpit tactics is a lot harder when the concert hall is full from all over the country, I dont think his handlers can fool all the onlookers either, he is not as smart as he thinks he is, the Koch Bros Tea Party are also after his hide
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)They loved W, Darth Cheney, pRick Perry, all of whom are bullies. They can't tell the difference between bullying and leadership.
Cha
(297,265 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Cha
(297,265 posts)that.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)its isn't going away soon.
Cha
(297,265 posts)Interesting.. thanks, mitty.
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by Mark Kleiman
"The Chris Christie/Ft. Lee/George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal is now moving a warp speed. Now weve taken what may be the fatal next step, from overblown, mistakes were made, and turning the page all markers of a simple scandal to the point where the people directly implicated decide whether to save their own skins by selling out their bosses.
The Wall Street Journal reports that both David Wildstein and Bill Baroni have now lawyered up. If youre Christie, thats bad. The Journal also reports that theyve both hired criminal defense lawyers. If youre Christie, thats worse."
More!
http://www.samefacts.com/2013/12/corruption-in-washington/christies-henchmen-lawyer-up/
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)I mean, Port Autboritiiiiiiiiiiiiiy!
Dan
(3,564 posts)what is the crime, the action of shutting down 'lanes to' the bridge, or the cover up?
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Not sure if that is illegal, but it may be a cover-up that gets Christie (assuming that is what he decides to do).
Anthea Carson
(7 posts)[Victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools." -Faulkner]
lunatica
(53,410 posts)He's not ready for the National Stage. The Teabagger Party is still a decided minority. As a matter of fact they may have hit their peak already. They have nothing to offer but bullying tactics against their own party. Christy will end up insulting them too.