Trenton, NJ – Gov. Chris Christie’s office says Friday’s George Washington Bridge scandal indictment confirms his previous statements that he didn’t know about the scheme.
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The statement notes that Christie has said from the first day news of the lane closures emerged that he had no knowledge or involvement in the planning, motivation, authorization or execution of the decision.
Christie was not implicated in the scheme or in former ally David Wildstein’s guilty plea.
Christie’s top appointment to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Bill Baroni, was charged along with his former deputy chief of staff, Bridget Kelly.
Baroni’s lawyer denies the charges. Kelly’s lawyer plans an afternoon news conference.
Christie fired Kelly after the scheme became public and Baroni resigned.
The questions to Christie is: why did he appointed 2 buddies without any prior experience in mass transit to the PA? While he claimed in his governor campaign that he will fight big government