Bill Baroni, Gov Christie and David Wildstein
TRENTON — Despite overwhelming bi-partisan support for a Port Authority reform bill approved in November, the state Senate today failed to override Gov. Chris Christie’s veto of the bill. After nearly an hour of impassioned debate, Senators voted 25-14 for the override, two votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to overturn the veto. State Sen.… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 16th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, New Jersey, NJ Senate Republicans, NJ State Legislature | Tags: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, NJ Senate, Port Authority, veto, Veto override | 1 Comment »
The political operative who helped mastermind the notorious lane closures at the George Washington Bridge — and is now cooperating with a federal investigation of the Bridgegate scandal — had more extensive contact with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s inner circle than the governor has acknowledged. That is the conclusion of a WNYC examination of calendars… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 13th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Port Authority | Tags: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, David Wildstein, George Washington Bridge Scandal, Port Authority of NY/NJ | 1 Comment »
TRENTON — The private law firm hired by Gov. Chris Christie in the wake of the George Washington Bridge lane closings billed taxpayers $7.46 million last year, causing total payouts to private law firms by the state Attorney General’s Office to increase for the fourth-straight year. The numbers, released late today to NJ Advance Media in…
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Posted: February 14th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie | Tags: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, fleecing the taxpayers, Gibson Dunn Crutcher, Legal fees | 15 Comments »
TRENTON — In a story that has been told only by the slow-drip disclosure of subpoenas, the ongoing investigation into the George Washington Bridge scandal that has engulfed the Christie administration and some of his closest advisers continues to grow. In the latest revelations, United Airlines confirmed today that it has been asked to turn over…
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Posted: February 7th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Christie Administration, Crime, Crime and Punishment, David Samson, New Jersey, Paul Fishman, Port Authority | Tags: Bennett Barlin, Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Christie Administration, Columbia Airport South Carolina, David Samson, Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office, Newark-Liberty International Airport, Port Authority, Port Authority of NY/NJ, Pulaski Skyway, SEC, South Carolina, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, United Airlines | Comments Off on PA chairman’s United flights add to the twists and turns of a wide-ranging investigation
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie’s 2013 re-election campaign account has accumulated $804,108 in debt from legal bills incurred in the aftermath of the George Washington Bridge scandal, according to its latest campaign finance report. The report, released today by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, shows the campaign owes $505,555 to the law firm Patton…
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Posted: January 23rd, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, NJ GOP | Tags: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, George Washington Bridge Scandal, NJ GOP | Comments Off on Christie campaign accumulates $800K in bridge scandal debt
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Federal prosecutors have widened their investigation into the relationship between Governor Chris Christie’s office and his 2013 reelection campaign, according to a report at The Wall Street Journal.
WSJ reports that U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman’s office has subpoenaed documents related to government meetings that Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop claims were canceled after he declined to endorse Christie’s reelection.
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Posted: January 8th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Paul Fishman, Port Authority, U.S. Attorney | Tags: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Mark Sokolich, Port Authority, Port Authority of NY/NJ, Steve Fulop, U.S., U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, Wall Street Journal, WSJ | 1 Comment »
TRENTON — The former chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has dropped his lawsuit against New Jersey’s state ethics commission. Court documents show David Samson filed paperwork dropping the suit in U.S. District Court on Wednesday. His decision was first reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Phone calls to Samson’s lawyers were…
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Posted: December 28th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate, New Jersey, News, Port Authority | Tags: Bridgegate, David Samson, Ethics Investigation, Port Authority, Port Authority of NY/NJ, Wolff and Samson | Comments Off on Ex-Port Authority head ends suit over ethics probe
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two lawsuits filed by people stuck in traffic jams caused by last year’s lane closings at the George Washington Bridge will move forward without Gov. Chris Christie as a defendant. A federal judge this week consolidated the two cases into one. Among the claims in the suits filed earlier this year are…
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Posted: December 19th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Port Authority | Tags: Barry Epstein, Bridgegate, Bridgegate Civil Suit, Chris Christie, Port Authority of NY/NJ | Comments Off on Christie won’t be defendant in Bridgegate lawsuit
TRENTON — David Samson, the former chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to head off a state ethics probe of his work at the bi-state agency. Samson and his law firm sued the New Jersey State Ethics Commission in U.S. District Court, claiming it does…
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Posted: December 10th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, David Samson, Port Authority | Tags: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, David Samson, NJ State Ethics Commission, Port Authority of NY/NJ | 3 Comments »
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Telephone records show that Gov. Chris Christie and his current chief of staff, Regina Egea, exchanged a dozen text messages while a legislative committee was holding a Dec. 3, 2013, hearing on the George Washington Bridge lane closures and traffic jams that soon came to be referred to as “Bridgegate.” A timeline constructed by WNYC/NJPR based…
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Posted: December 9th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie | Tags: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Regina Egea, texting | 1 Comment »