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Christie Not Sure When He Learned of Bridge Lane Closures
Christie Not Sure When He Learned of Bridge Lane Closures
New Jersey Governor Said He Didn't Remember Where He First Read About Traffic Problems
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has given two different timelines of when he learned of lane closures on the George Washington Bridge after they were imposed by his aides, allegedly for political reasons...It later emerged that Christie allies had engineered the closures, which caused massive traffic jams in Fort Lee, N.J., whose mayor didn't endorse Mr. Christie. The governor said he had no knowledge of his allies' involvement in the closures.
In a news conference Dec. 13, Mr. Christie, a Republican, said he learned of the controversy after the publication of an internal email from Patrick Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Foye angrily ordered the access lanes for Fort Lee restored on Sept. 13, the fifth day of the closures. The Wall Street Journal published details of that email on Oct. 1.
"The first I ever heard of the issue was when it was reported in the press, which I think was in the aftermath of the leaking of Mr. Foye's email," Mr. Christie said at the December news conference...Last week, the governor indicated that he had learned of the issue earlier. "It wasn't when Pat Foye's emails—I think there was an earlier story than that," he said when asked at last week's televised, two-hour news conference why he hadn't tried to determine the reason for the Fort Lee gridlock when he first learned of it.
Mr. Christie said at last week's news conference that he didn't remember where he first read about the traffic problems.
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New Jersey Governor Said He Didn't Remember Where He First Read About Traffic Problems
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has given two different timelines of when he learned of lane closures on the George Washington Bridge after they were imposed by his aides, allegedly for political reasons...It later emerged that Christie allies had engineered the closures, which caused massive traffic jams in Fort Lee, N.J., whose mayor didn't endorse Mr. Christie. The governor said he had no knowledge of his allies' involvement in the closures.
In a news conference Dec. 13, Mr. Christie, a Republican, said he learned of the controversy after the publication of an internal email from Patrick Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Foye angrily ordered the access lanes for Fort Lee restored on Sept. 13, the fifth day of the closures. The Wall Street Journal published details of that email on Oct. 1.
"The first I ever heard of the issue was when it was reported in the press, which I think was in the aftermath of the leaking of Mr. Foye's email," Mr. Christie said at the December news conference...Last week, the governor indicated that he had learned of the issue earlier. "It wasn't when Pat Foye's emails—I think there was an earlier story than that," he said when asked at last week's televised, two-hour news conference why he hadn't tried to determine the reason for the Fort Lee gridlock when he first learned of it.
Mr. Christie said at last week's news conference that he didn't remember where he first read about the traffic problems.
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WSJ
Mayhem on the GWB, EMS delays, people complaining, Port Authority Police blaming the Mayor of Fort Lee, frantic snarky messages between Christie's inner circle of officials and his PA appointees, angry e-mails from the Fort Lee Mayor and a NY PA official to Christie officials, and through it all, Christie had no idea until he read it in the news a couple of weeks later. Then again, he's not sure that's when he learned about it.
Could it be because he's lying his ass off?
Steve Kornacki's theory on the Christie scandal
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024319407
Edited for clarity.
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in the state he's governing from the press?! Mr Micromanager?
Chris Christy lies a lot.
his story keeps on a'changin'
With a big, big lie.
Maybe someone should start a lottery on the issue of what hour of what day he will be forced out of office.
