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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 09:13 AM Sep 2016

'Bridgegate' witness says Christie campaign manager knew of plot

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Mon Sep 26, 2016 | 4:34pm EDT

'Bridgegate' witness says Christie campaign manager knew of plot

By Joseph Ax | NEWARK, N.J.

The one-line email to David Wildstein, an executive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, arrived at 7:35 a.m. on Aug. 13, 2013.

"Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee," wrote Bridget Anne Kelly, a top aide to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

Weeks later, thousands of cars were stuck in a mammoth traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge, after Wildstein had executed the plan, he testified on Monday in federal court in Newark, New Jersey. He had closed access lanes in Fort Lee, New Jersey, to punish the town's mayor for refusing to back Christie's re-election bid.

Wildstein also testified that Bill Stepien, the campaign manager for both Christie's successful gubernatorial runs, knew about the plot. Stepien is now an adviser to the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The testimony came as prosecutors continued to present evidence against Kelly and Bill Baroni, another Port Authority executive. Both Baroni and Wildstein were Christie appointees.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-jersey-bridgegate-idUSKCN11W2EO

See also: Christie Crime Digest-Volume IV
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'Bridgegate' witness says Christie campaign manager knew of plot (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2016 OP
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #1
I have always scratched my head over that short line.... chelsea0011 Sep 2016 #2
I read it rather differently.. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2016 #3

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
2. I have always scratched my head over that short line....
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 09:24 AM
Sep 2016

"time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee". You would have to have had a policy in place or that this had been done in the past to even understand that comment. If none of that were true that line alone would make no sense to someone reading it. It would be "what the hell does this mean" kind of moment.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
3. I read it rather differently..
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:33 PM
Sep 2016

If you are, as Wildstein was, an executive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, you would, I assume, know exactly what it would take to
screw up traffic, in a matter that seemed normal.

It is more than probable that Wildstein was very aware of the mayor not backing Christie, and that one liner was the culmination of perhaps earlier phone calls or meetings.

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