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Thu Sep 29, 2016, 06:32 PM Sep 2016

Christie's Firing of Democrats Spotlighted at Bridge Trial

David Wildstein had worked at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey for only two weeks in 2010 when he was called in to see New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in Trenton. Christie held a list of names of Port Authority employees hired by previous administrations and said he wanted to fire Democrats at the agency to make room for fellow Republicans, Wildstein recalled.

“The governor went through the list and said who could stay and who could go,” Wildstein testified Wednesday

http://www.newsmax.com/US/chris-christie-bridgegate-trial/2016/09/28/id/750721/

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1. Christie plans to do that with federal agencies if Trump wins
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