Christie, Aide Texted As Bridgegate Cover Story Unraveled
Source: WNYC, New Jersey Public Radio
A year ago, a New Jersey legislative committee held a hearing that blew the lid off official explanations of four days of traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge. It would be another month before the cause of the lane closures was traced back to an email from Gov. Chris Christies deputy chief of staff. And the governor still maintains he didnt pay much attention to the controversy until he found out he was lied to by Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Ann Kelly.
But newly disclosed phone records - supplied by AT&T to the New Jersey legislature and obtained by WNYC - show that Christie's current Chief of Staff, Regina Egea, communicated by cell phone with Gov. Christie 12 times during that hearing on December 9, 2013. The Governor initiated the contact, about 30 minutes into the testimony, and sent a total of three texts to the aide. Egea replied nine times before the testimony concluded. The records show only one other text from Egea to Christie that month, on Christmas Day.
A timeline of the testimony, created by WNYC based on recordings of the hearing and tweets sent that day, shows that around the time of the text messages, witnesses delivered some of their sharpest blows to the Christie administrations version of the Bridgegate events.
The new evidence contrasts with a report the governor's legal team issued last March, which did not reveal any texts about the lane closures sent from Christie to anyone from September 2013, when the Fort Lee traffic tie-ups occurred, through January. And it contradicts the sworn testimony of Egea that there was only one text from her to Christie that day.
Read more: http://www.wnyc.org/story/christie-aide-exchanged-messages-their-cover-story-unravelled/
yorgatron
(2,289 posts)what is it going to take? do they just not CARE that he's crooked?
George II
(67,782 posts)Laxman
(2,419 posts)to wade through. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024395877 What troubles me is the mainstream media outlets headlining "no link between Christie and Bridgegate". Three things-First, the report doesn't say that, in fact it's pretty damning and as the timeline in the OP's linked article points out, somebody's lying and that's the truth. Second, the Bridgegate caper is just the tip of the iceberg. Far more damning is the Hoboken shakedown and the misuse of Sandy money. Third, the legislative committee is a side show. The real action is down at the U.S. Attorney's office.
Last week there was a report that indictments of some underlings are imminent. I hope so. Once there is a real threat of prosecution, the dominoes should start to fall. This sociopath needs to go down. The politicians have been cutting deals with Christie to leave him alone while he runs for President. The U.S. Attorney isn't in with that deal. At least I hope not.
Stop_cruelty
(5 posts)TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)In the Tampa Bay Times via the AP -
After 2 reports, no Christie link to bridge plot - AP top news ...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CHRISTIE_TRAFFIC_JAMS?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Associated Press
3 days ago - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- One report has been derided by critics of Gov. Chris Christie as a whitewash; his defenders see the other as a partisan smear-job against the governor. ... Regina Egea sent Christie last December during hearings about the traffic tie-up. ... 2013; All Rights Reserved; Tampa Bay Times.
I couldn't believe what I was reading!
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)2. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Few people emerged from Novembers election happier than Christie. As the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, it was looking like a tough year even up to Election Day. But the RGA beat expectations, holding 31 of the nations 50 governorships. And, on Friday, Christie got even more good news when a Democratic-led investigation into Bridgegate showed no evidence that he knew about the apparently politically motivated lane closures on the George Washington Bridge.MY CUZ IN NJ SEZ CHRISTIE IS REALLY BAD GOV.
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So many picked up the premature reports of Christie not being involved.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)That if Gov. POS just walks away...that there isn't much hope for convicting any of the Bush-Cheney War Criminals.
sybylla
(8,507 posts)"And it contradicts the sworn testimony of Egea that there was only one text from her to Christie that day."
I mean we knew they were lying, but when you do it in sworn testimony, there are supposed to be legal consequences, right?