Support for Christie declined as two of his former aides, Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly, were standing trial over the George Washington Bridge lane closures. A jury found Baroni and Kelly guilty on several charges Friday.

“Since the dust has not yet settled from the trial and Christie himself is due in court in a few weeks, we may have not yet seen the end of Christie’s decline,” said poll director Ashley Koning.

Christie’s favorability rating also reached a new low in the poll: 19 percent. That was a four-point decline from when the trial began, Rutgers noted.

How Chris Christie Hoodwinked Charlie Rose on Bridgegate

Back when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was a surging politician on the national stage, he often pivoted from controversies back in New Jersey by going on national television, where he'd take advantage of the medium's short sound bites and interviewers' lack of familiarity with local issues. Christie played that same game this weekend, sitting down with Charlie Rose for a post-Bridgegate verdict "exclusive interview" that aired today on "CBS This Morning" (longer segments will run tonight on PBS and Bloomberg).

Rose turned out to be an inspired choice for Christie to correct what he called "lies" in the media and in the Bridgegate courtroom. Rose is a respected interviewer, and CBS is not Fox News — it is the mainstream media. For those reasons, Christie could not be accused of seeking a softball interview in the wake of the verdict, like he was after choosing ABC's Diane Sawyer when the scandal first broke nearly three years ago.

And yet Christie got that softball interview nonetheless. Christie's camp was thrilled with the performance, and is plugging the interview via email and social media. Here are six ways Christie got away with unchecked lies and misdirection, without follow-up questions, in his brief sit-down with Rose.