Bridgegate Against Christie to Move Forward: Judge Rules
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Source: NewJersey News
[font colornavy]TRENTON [/font]-- A Bergen County municipal judge ruled Thursday that a citizen's complaint of official misconduct by Gov. Chris Christie can proceed anew, re-issuing a criminal summons that the governor had twice sought to have dismissed.
The official misconduct charge alleges that Christie failed to act to reverse the politically motivated 2013 Fort Lee access lane closures at the George Washington Bridge after being informed of their occurrence, something the governor has steadfastly denied.
"The court is satisfied that {Christie} had knowledge of the traffic problems in Fort Lee," said municipal Judge Roy F. McGeady, referring to in the now-infamous politically motivated lane closures at the George Washington Bridge that resulted in the federal convictions of two of the governor's top aides last fall
Read more: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/bridgegate_misconduct_complaint_vs_christie_can_pr.html
Chris Chridtie is long overdue to get a prosecutorial gap butt whoop'n.
Prior to Bridgegate, Christie got away with a scheme (and, arguably, garnered support to be Governor) after pulling stunt of getting his former U.S. Attorney General boss (John Ashcroft) & cohort (Debra Yang) a $50 million NO BID - Deferred Prosecution Agreement.
You know...the age old way of federal authorities getting millions of dollars to forgo prosecutions.....which ....in a legitimate realm of justice
is called Bribery
............just sayin........
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/nj_gop_gubernatorial_candidate.html
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(10,204 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Very much.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,214 posts)When you bully female school teachers, you deserve such karma
ASSHOLE
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Appropriate
JudyM
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Please see this from earlier today:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141703971