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Chris Christie Official Admits – Closing the Bridge Was a Revenge Move Against Fort Lee Mayor

Ezra Grant — Fri, 01 May 2015 17:20:19 +0000

David Wildstein, the former Port Authority Executive appointed by New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, finally admitted what the rest of the country already knew, that lanes on the world-famous George Washington Bridge was intentionally closed to spite the mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing Chris Christie’s 2013 bid for governor. According to reporting by […]

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Breaking – More Lane Closures Announced At George Washington Bridge

Ezra Grant — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:32:11 +0000

Where’s Chris Christie? This email went out to all EZ-PASS holders. Attention Motorists Using the George Washington Bridge (GWB) During the Overnight Hours: Beginning Monday, June 16, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will resume a steel deck improvement project on the upper level of the GWB that may cause significant overnight […]

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U.S Attorney Has Convened a Grand Jury in Bridge Gate Scandal

Ezra Grant — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:11:46 +0000

ABC news reported that the U.S. Attorney in New Jersey has convened a grand jury to investigate the involvement of Governor Chris Christie’s office in the George Washington Bridge scandal, ABC News has learned. Twenty-three jurors convened in a federal courthouse in Newark today to hear testimony from a key staff member, Christie press secretary […]

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Christie’s Broken Record

Robert I. Grundfest — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 01:23:13 +0000

So far, the political discussion revolving around Chris Christie’s diminishing prospects for 2016 have centered on the George Washington Bridge scandal, (and the laughable investigation by his own attorney), and the not-yet-vetted story about Sandy aid being withheld from less-than-enthusiastic supporters of the governor. These are certainly key issues that tell us a great deal […]

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They Joked About Causing Traffic Problems Before Bridge-Gate Began

Ezra Grant — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:38:57 +0000

“Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” – the now infamous quote by Bridget Kelly that closed down lanes on the busiest bridge in the world – was not the first time Christie’s people spoke about willfully causing problems for the constituents of New Jersey. Documents released by Wildstein to a state legislative committee […]

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Fort Lee Mayor Meets With Federal Prosecutors Regarding BridgeGate

Ezra Grant — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 02:10:59 +0000

Fort Lee, N.J. Mayor Mark Sokolich met Friday with federal prosecutors who wanted to talk about the George Washington Bridge lane closures, Sokolich’s attorney confirmed to TPM on Monday. The meeting, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, was a voluntary one. In a statement, Sokolich’s attorney declined to discuss details of his […]

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Chris Christie’s BridgeGate Lawyer Withdrew as Counsel for Port Authority

Ezra Grant — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 11:54:10 +0000

In an unexpected move, the lawyer for Gov. Chris Christie’s office in the George Washington Bridge scandal withdrew this week as counsel to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in an ongoing federal lawsuit, setting off speculation about what it means and why he did it. Randy Mastro, a head litigation partner […]

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Another of Chris Christie’s Friends with Ties to Bridge-Gate Scandal

Ezra Grant — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:00:22 +0000

A Port Authority police officer with personal ties to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was at the George Washington Bridge when access lanes were closed last September and personally drove David Wildstein, the Christie appointee who supervised the closings, on a tour of the area as traffic brought it to a standstill. Documents submitted to a New […]

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Bridget Kelly Invokes 5th Amendment – Will Not Produce Documents

Ezra Grant — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 02:42:22 +0000

Governor Christie’s former deputy chief of staff, Bridget Kelly, will not turn over documents in response to a legislative subpoena, her lawyer said Monday, making her the second person to invoke constitutional protections against self-incrimination. The information demanded by a legislative committee about the George Washington Bridge lane closures “directly overlaps with a parallel federal […]

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Chris Christie’s Office Writes Letter Slamming David Wildstein – The Letter

Ezra Grant — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:56:50 +0000

The good thing about a he saud, she said situation, is that the truth will eventually come out. After a New York Times report stating that David Wildstein had information showing Chris Christie knew about the lane closings on the George Washington Bridge last September, Christie is firing back on all cylinders. His office released […]

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Calls For Christie Resignation or Impeachment Already Being Heard

Ezra Grant — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:16:38 +0000

Forget about the White House in 2016. The question now is whether Gov. Chris Christie can survive as governor. David Wildstein, the man who ordered the George Washington Bridge lane closures, is now pointing the finger directly at Gov. Chris Christie, saying the governor knew about the lane closures in September when they occurred. That […]

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Ratings: Rachel Maddow Beating Fox Like They Stole Something

Ezra Grant — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:37:32 +0000

Fox News is hemorrhaging young viewers, but last week, things hit a new low for Fox. Rachel Maddow beat Fox News for the entire week with viewers age 25-54. According to TVNewser, “The Rachel Maddow Show” averaged 325,000 A25-54 viewers for the week, topping Fox News’ “The Kelly File,” which drew 305,000, and “Piers Morgan […]

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John Boehner Has Had Enough! “It’s time to move on” from Christie Scandal

Ezra Grant — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:28:46 +0000

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Thursday said that lawmakers and the media should move past the controversy surrounding New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge last year, noting that the governor has “held people accountable.” “It’s time to move on,” he said during a Thursday press […]

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Report: Under Christie’s Leadership, New Jersey’s Poverty Rate hit 52 Year High

Ezra Grant — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 03:26:44 +0000

It seems that when Chris Christie’s mentor asked this question – “is that what you want in your president?”- he was not only talking about Christie’s possible involvement in the BridgeGate crisis. It is quite possible that he got a glimpse of this report. Poverty in New Jersey continued to grow even as the national […]

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Feds Investigating Chris Christie and Hurricane Sandy Relief Funds

Ezra Grant — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:55:18 +0000

When it rains, it pours. Chris Christie, presently dealing with the bridgegate controversy, is now faced with another crisis – a federal investugation into his use of Hurricane Sandy funds. The Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has opened a federal investigation into whether New Jersey […]

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Chris Christie – The Ultimate Definition of The Republican Party

Ezra Grant — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 16:27:07 +0000

Some Republicans are claiming Chris Christie isn’t really one of them. Some pundits are claiming, even as scandal erupts around him, that he’s a “different kind of Republican.” He’s more than that: He is the archetypal Republican, the incarnation of its arrogant, corporatist soul. It’s like we said a while back: Christie is “the heartless, […]

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For Chris Christie, This is a Delicious Combination – PIC

Ezra Grant — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:23:27 +0000

Like music to the… taste buds…

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Rachel Maddow Offers Alternate Theory For Christie’s Bridge-Gate

Ezra Grant — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:48:37 +0000

Brilliant. Let me summarize. Christie was mad at New Jersey’s Senate Democrats because they were giving his nominees a hard time, so he decided not to re-nominate one of his close friends, a Republican, yo the judicial bench. They’re “animals” an angry Chris Christie said about the Senate Democrats, in a hastily called press conference […]

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Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Bridge-Gate Scandal

Ezra Grant — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:53:34 +0000

A class action complaint has been filed in federal court against top government officials connected to the George Washington Bridge scandal, the Fort Lee, N.J., attorney behind the move said Thursday. The complaint — filed in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey by attorney Rosemarie Arnold — takes aim at key players in the […]

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Result of Chris Christie’s Bridge-Gate – Woman Dies, Child Go Missing

Ezra Grant — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:31:32 +0000

Will be needing a better answer than “oops.” The problem for Christie and his “office” is not that they would be perceived to be using the office of governor as petty personal fiefdom. The problem for Christie and his “office” is this. Emergency responders were delayed in attending to four medical situations – including one […]

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Heavy Traffic: Christie Takes It From the Bridge

Robert I. Grundfest — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 01:38:11 +0000

A big, messy, tragic, stupid, vengeful scandal had to come to New Jersey during the Chris Christie era, and thus, it has reached us now. Yes, it turns out that the governor’s staff knew about and directed the Port Authority of NY/NJ to gum up traffic to the George Washington Bridge on the first day […]

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Bridge to Christ Christie’s 2016 Bid Now Closed

Ezra Grant — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 18:02:16 +0000

Ah Chris Christie. Allow me to refer to you as piblic bully number one. By now everyone’s heard of Bridge-Gate, where the busiest bridge in the nation – the George Washington – was mysteriously closed back in September on the first day of school, right before the election in 2013. No one seemed to know […]

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