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January 11, 2014

Chris Christie #bridgegate scandal: links for up-to-date coverage

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Here we go again, yet another corruption scandal in New Jersey, and this one may take down a presidential hopeful and popular Republican governor. The scandal over the Washington Bridge closings are still unfolding as documents are made public and people who are held accountable take the stand but here, in short, is what we know:

Christie’s buddies, David Wildstein and Bill Baroni, in the Port Authority (an agency that is an epitome of corruption) took orders from a top Christie aide, Bridget Anne Kelly, who told them “its time for some traffic in Fort Lee.” Hence, an imaginary “traffic study” commenced and Fort Lee became a parking lot for several days as two lanes onto the world’s busiest bridge were closed.This unfolded in September, weeks before the gubernatorial election which Christie was leading by double digit figures, apparently as retaliation against Fort Lee’s democratic mayor, who endorsed Christie’s democratic opponent, Barbara Buono.

Now the details of what led up to this fiasco are slowly tricking out and if you’re a Christie junkie we’ll try to keep you posted on the latest by adding links below of the most recent updates, by the way, the New Jersey media is milking this one:

January 12, 2014

– NJ.com:

Giuliani says Christie’s career could be over if he’s not telling the truth about bridge scandal

– The Record:

On Sunday talk shows, most GOP leaders praise Christie’s handling of bridge issue

– The Washington Post:

Christie bridge controversy exposes a GOP rising star to new scrutiny

– The New York Times:

Christie’s Potential 2016 Rivals Tread Carefully

January 11, 2014

– The Star-Ledger:

GWB scandal: New round of subpoenas likely to go out next week