Newark, NJ – The agency that operates the George Washington Bridge sent press releases promoting a false story about traffic jams that prosecutors say were caused by two former allies of New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie for political retribution.
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Executive director Patrick Foye testified Wednesday that he approved the releases that said the traffic jams in Fort Lee in September 2013 were due to a traffic study. He said he knew the assertion to be untrue.
Foye’s deputy executive director, Bill Baroni, is on trial with former Christie deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly. They’re charged with creating traffic jams to punish a Democratic mayor for not endorsing Christie.
The mayor testified he initially lied, saying he didn’t think the closures were for political revenge, because he was afraid of jeopardizing a redevelopment project.
This whole brdigeggate thing is on waste of tax payer dollars. I sit on the GWB too and I forget about traffic two days later. This was 3 years ago. Why don’t we use our limited resources for important stuff like fighting terror and homelessness?
To be fair Hillary’s e-mail investigations are a waste of money too. The truth is all politicians did the same thing.
I agree with you both, it’s a huge waste of tax payer money and a huge abuse of power by the Obama administration going after them just because the governor is a Republican.