Bridget Kelly said at trial that Christie signed off on the traffic study on the George Washington Bridge in August 2013,a month before the closures beganNew Jersey’s governor Chris Christie’s former deputy chief of staff testified on Friday in her criminal trial that she told him about a traffic study on the George Washington Bridge before sending an email that it was “time for some traffic problems”, which prosecutors say started a political revenge plot.
Bridget Kelly is accused of plotting with two other former Christie allies to shut lanes on the bridge that connects New Jersey and New York as revenge against a Democratic mayor who would not endorse the Republican governor’s re-election effort in 2013. Related: Bridgegate: Chris Christie misconduct complaint to be reviewed for indictment Related: Bridgegate testimony: Christie and Cuomo considered releasing erroneous report Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com