Aide: Christie knew mayor thought traffic might be payback
Source: Associated Press
Aide: Christie knew mayor thought traffic might be payback
Updated 2:12 pm, Monday, October 24, 2016
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie was told during the George Washington Bridge lane closures that a Democratic mayor expressed concern that the resulting traffic jams in his city were political retribution, a former aide to the governor testified Monday.
Ex-aide Bridget Anne Kelly testified in her criminal trial that she told Christie about Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich's concerns and Christie told her it was a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey project and to "let Wildstein handle it," referring to David Wildstein. Wildstein, an executive at the Port Authority, pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to punish Sokolich for not endorsing the governor's re-election effort.
"I said, 'He's talking about government retribution,'" Kelly testified. "
Christie) said, 'It's a Port Authority project. Let Wildstein handle it.'"
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Kelly's testimony again calls into question Christie's public comments about what he knew. She also testified Friday that Christie approved of the idea for a traffic study of the bridge, and she testified she spoke with the governor a third time about the lane closures while they were going on.
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