New Jersey governor, professional sycophant, and unrequited Bruce Springsteen lover Chris Christie seems to be dislodging himself from Donald Trump’s shrieking asshole—but not for any noble reason, mind you. Offered several executive appointments, Christie turned down all of them, and in the meantime was passed over…
New Jersey Governor-turned-Trump-errand-boy Chris Christie is just one point away from earning the lowest approval ratings in Jersey gubernatorial history, an incredible feat he’s been working diligently to achieve in time for the new year.
Two former Chris Christie associates were convicted on federal charges last week relating to Bridgegate, the plot to create a giant traffic jam for staggeringly petty political reasons. Despite the fact that multiple witnesses testified that Christie knew about the plot, the New Jersey governor told CBS he totally had…
Two of Chris Christie’s former allies were convicted on federal charges Friday for their roles in the Bridgegate scandal, a plot which created intentional traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge to punish one of Christie’s political rivals.
On Friday, Bridget Anne Kelly, former Deputy Chief of Staff to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and author of the notorious “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” email, took the stand in her own defense in the ongoing Bridgegate trial.
Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York was first publicly asked for comment on the George Washington Bridge lane closures of September 2013 three months after the fact. “I don’t know anything more than basically what has been in the newspaper, because it was basically a New Jersey issue,” he said at the time.
Earlier this week, during his third day of testimony in federal court, David Wildstein, the government’s star witness in the Bridgegate trial, claimed that not only was Governor Chris Christie aware of the “traffic problems in Fort Lee” in September 2013, but that he laughed when told about it—at Ground Zero, ahead of…
In their opening statement on Monday, federal prosecutors alleged that New Jersey governor Chris Christie was aware of the scheme now known as Bridgegate, whereby state officials closed lanes on the George Washington Bridge—the busiest bridge in the world, to punish the mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing the governor.
