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New Jersey won’t pay legal bills for Bridget Anne Kelly in GWB case

Bridget Ann Kelly, texting, with Governor Chris Christie and Michelle Brown at Seaside Park fire, September 12, 2013

Bridget Ann Kelly, texting, with Governor Chris Christie and Michelle Brown at Seaside Park fire, September 12, 2013 photo credit, Phil Stilon, Ocean County Signal

TRENTON, N.J.—New Jersey won’t pay for Bridget Anne Kelly’s legal bills. That decision followed a months-long fight by her attorney who argued she was being treated differently from other state employees who, like her, all believed it was a traffic study that caused the lane closings at the George Washington Bridge in September 2013. The details… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: July 12th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Port Authority | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on New Jersey won’t pay legal bills for Bridget Anne Kelly in GWB case

Report: David Wildstein will take Bridgegate plea

Wildstein fifth amendmentDavid Wildstein, the founder of PolitickerNJ under the pseudonym Wally Edge, former Mayor of Livingston, former high school chum of Governor Chris Christie and Christie’s number 2 man at the Port Authority of NY/NJ until he resigned under pressure over the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal know as Bridgegate, is set to plead guilty to so far unspecified charges in federal court tomorrow, according to a report at Bloomberg Business.

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Posted: April 29th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, David Wildstein, Port Authority | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Bridgegate Fall Guy Was Inside Man

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: | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Port Authority | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment »

Christie campaign accumulates $800K in bridge scandal debt

assetContent (7)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… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 23rd, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Bridgegate, Chris Christie, NJ GOP | Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Christie campaign accumulates $800K in bridge scandal debt