NEWARK — A federal prosecutor told jurors on Monday that a witness will testify that Republican Gov. Chris Christie was told about a plan to close traffic lanes near the George Washington Bridge as part of a political vendetta while the shutdown was happening, a claim Christie has contested for years.
The
trial comes three years after gridlock paralyzed a town next to the
busy bridge, which connects New Jersey and New York City, for four days.
Prosecutors said two former Christie allies, Bill Baroni and Bridget
Kelly, had sought political revenge against Democratic Fort Lee Mayor
Mark Sokolich, who didn’t endorse Christie for re-election.
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Christie's Taxpayer funded legal defense bills keep growing.
July 14, 2016 article
TRENTON — Amid criticism that the release of legal bills tied to the George Washington Bridge scandal was being delayed as Gov. Chris Christie was vetted as a possible vice presidential candidate, New Jersey's acting attorney general on Thursday released six months of invoices adding to the taxpayer tab that already topped $10 million.
The invoices showed the state paid $202,827 to the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher between September of 2015 and March of this year, according to redacted copies released just before 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Former acting Attorney General Robert Lougey in May told lawmakers reviewing his department budget that the state had paid $8 million to the firm, which investigated the governor's involvement in the politically motivated lane closures and released a much-criticized report exonerating him of any wrongdoing. A digital forensics firm was paid $2.5 million for related work.
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http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/07/ag_releases_bridgegate_legal_bills_amid_criticism.html
9/27/2016 http://gadfly01.blogspot.com/2016/09/wildstein-implicates-christie-in.html
Entire article at
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/new_jersey/christie-knew-about-bridgegate-as-it-happened-prosecutor-says/article_2ff59936-7e81-11e6-8abc-b7eac1a6ca1e.html
Christie's Taxpayer funded legal defense bills keep growing.
July 14, 2016 article
TRENTON — Amid criticism that the release of legal bills tied to the George Washington Bridge scandal was being delayed as Gov. Chris Christie was vetted as a possible vice presidential candidate, New Jersey's acting attorney general on Thursday released six months of invoices adding to the taxpayer tab that already topped $10 million.
The invoices showed the state paid $202,827 to the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher between September of 2015 and March of this year, according to redacted copies released just before 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Former acting Attorney General Robert Lougey in May told lawmakers reviewing his department budget that the state had paid $8 million to the firm, which investigated the governor's involvement in the politically motivated lane closures and released a much-criticized report exonerating him of any wrongdoing. A digital forensics firm was paid $2.5 million for related work.
Entire article at
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/07/ag_releases_bridgegate_legal_bills_amid_criticism.html
9/27/2016 http://gadfly01.blogspot.com/2016/09/wildstein-implicates-christie-in.html
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