George Washington Bridge Archives –

Chris Christie’s Top Aides Found Guilty in BridgeGate Scandal

Ezra Grant — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:49:13 +0000

One of Donald Trump’s “Best people,” Chris Christie, allowed his top aides to bite the bullet Friday, as the news broke that Bridget Ann Kelly and Bill Baroni were both found guilty in orchestrating lanes closure on the George Washington Bridge in 2013. Bridget Anne Kelly, the former deputy chief of staff to Christie, and Bill Baroni, the former […]

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Bridget Kelly Testifies – Christie Knew about Bridge-gate a Month Before it Happened

Ezra Grant — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 23:25:24 +0000

Somebody is lying. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has maintained that he knew nothing of the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, lane closures carried out by his closest administration officials. But testimony after testimony cast more and more doubt on Christie’s claim. In bombshell testimony Friday, Bridget Anne Kelly said that she told […]

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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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Bridget Kelly Responds to “Sexist Remarks” in Christie’s Bridge Gate Report

Ezra Grant — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 18:36:20 +0000

The lady at the center of the BridgeGate scandal is no longer staying quite. In a statement issued by her lawyers, Bridget Kelly slammed the assertions made by Christie’s lawyers that she closed the lanes on the George Washington Bridge last September because of a failed relationship she had with Bill Stepien. The response. Having […]

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Christie’s People Clears Christie Of All Wrongdoings in BridgeGate Scandal

Ezra Grant — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:01:22 +0000

The investigation was done by his own people. They found nothing wrong and that’s their final answer. With his office suddenly engulfed in scandal over lane closings at the George Washington Bridge, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey two months ago summoned a pair of top defense lawyers from an elite law firm to the […]

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Bridge Gate Scandal – They’re Asking a Judge To Throw Out Their Subpoenas

Ezra Grant — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:15:24 +0000

Last week, Bryan Fischer said that pleading the Fifth was a sure sign of guilt. Of course he wasn’t talking about the participants in Chris Christie’s BridgeGate scandal, because those people are on his side of the political isle. Well now it seems that pleading the Fifth and refusing to turn over subpoenaed documents are […]

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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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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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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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Chris Christie’s Bridge-Gate Scandal Explained – Video

Ezra Grant — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:33:03 +0000

Now we know. The mystery may be solved. This video explains the possible Christie connection to the George Washington Bridge and the mysterious shutdown of many of its lanes…for days. To Chris Christie, it is all a political game.

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