Bridgegate Investigation Press Conference
CNN is broadcasting the media briefing from Randy Mastro of Gibson Dunn, the lead investigator for the Christie Administration into “Bridgegate”, the scandal involving the Geroge Washington Bridge lane closures last September and Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s allegations that Lt. Gov. Kim Guadango and others in the Administration held Sandy aid for Hoboken hostage pending a development approval that Zimmer did not want to give.
The CNN Live Stream can be found here.
An advance copy of the Mastro report concludes that Governor Chris Christie was not aware of the GWB lane closures and has told the truth about it since his January 9 press conference. Christie was reportedly in tear when he learned that his Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Ann Kelly had repeatedly lied about her involvement in the lane closures.
The report concludes that Kelly, and David Wildstein, then Christie’s #2 at the Port Authority of NY/NJ acted alone. After 70 interviews and reviewing 250,000 documents, Mastro and his team did not uncover the motivation for the lane closures.
With regard to Zimmer’s allegations, Mastro’s team concluded that the Mayor’s allegations are “unsubstantiated and materially false.
The 345 page, “thorough and exhaustive report” can be viewed here
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I am so glad to see the Grand Council of Foxes exonerated the fox from being inside the hen house.
Such a major conflict of interest; such a waste of tax-payer money. 90% of the characters involved weren’t interviewed.
What does the state legislators representing this county have to say?
Really??
Can you spell I – R – S ?
I am so glad this is all over.
Now we can concentrate on our coming economic collapse…once the corrupt machine Ds overturn all reforms and take back the reins of gov, legislature and courts.
Over??? LOL….couple of days early for April Fools
finding myself agreeing with not only Wisniewski but Bob E. – in the same day! Anyone who thinks or tries to portray this matter as closed and done is both naive and delusional: we have no legislative majority, we’ve got dopey bills on marijuana legalization and other nonsense out there as distractions, and a bunch of street fighters with money and big mouths, plus a willing media, to keep this going,straight through til the 2016 nominating season.. Personally, I think even though the Gov. lost that weight for health reasons, that it will not result in a national spotlight, now, and the NJGOP will become even more of a minority party, with little chance of any gains, in the foreseeable future, because of the culture of arrogance that got way too far out of hand..