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laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 08:36 PM Feb 2017

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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Bridgegate Against Christie to Move Forward: Judge Rules (Original Post) laserhaas Feb 2017 OP
K & R! FUCK YOU, CHRISTIE! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #1
Concur laserhaas Feb 2017 #4
Fan fucking tastic Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #2
A...friggin...man laserhaas Feb 2017 #3
Locking - dupe post. JudyM Feb 2017 #5

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,204 posts)
1. K & R! FUCK YOU, CHRISTIE!
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 08:41 PM
Feb 2017
 

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
4. Concur
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:49 PM
Feb 2017

Very much.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,214 posts)
2. Fan fucking tastic
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 08:46 PM
Feb 2017

When you bully female school teachers, you deserve such karma

ASSHOLE

 

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
3. A...friggin...man
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:49 PM
Feb 2017

Appropriate

JudyM

(29,363 posts)
5. Locking - dupe post.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:54 PM
Feb 2017
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Please see this from earlier today:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141703971

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