Chris Christie in Major Personal Jam Over Traffic Jam

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Big Chris Christie’s personal jam isn’t going to end anytime soon, not by any means. Take a look at the newspaper covers he woke up to, in light of the traffic-jam scandal that emerged yesterday. One of the more damaging revelations: The Sept. 9-13 lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, apparently ordered by Christie aides, caused major delays to rescuers dealing with medical emergencies, according to a letter obtained by CNN.

The day after the first huge jams in Fort Lee, NJ, the EMS director penned a letter to the town’s mayor asking for help in altering the “new traffic pattern,” which had made minutes-long trips three times longer; forced an ambulance to jump a curb to evade traffic while trying to get to a car accident with multiple injuries; impeded the search for a missing 4-year-old girl; and delayed responders en route to an unconscious 91-year-old woman who later died in the hospital. More fallout:

  • Christie says he knew nothing about the scheme, but we should find out more about what he did and didn’t know today: He has a press conference scheduled for 11am EST, reports NBC News.
  • This could end up being a legal mess. The Record believes Christie’s office may not have complied with a public records request it filed Dec. 17—and it’s now weighing its legal options. The Record specifically requested any documents tied to the September lane closures, including those between David Wildstein of the Port Authority (he’s a Christie appointee, and ordered the lanes closed) and Governor’s Office officials. Ten days later, the Record was told the office “has not identified any records that are responsive to your request.” One of the emails released yesterday (obtained by Assembly Democrats via a subpoena) between Wildstein and senior aide Bridget Anne Kelly (more on that email here) clearly qualified as responsive, says the Record.
  • NJ State Sen. Ray Lesniak yesterday called on the US attorney for his state to convene a federal grand jury to review whether any criminal acts had occurred. When the Democrat was asked by the Star-Ledger what might make the list, he replied, “Abusing governmental authority for political purposes, for political gain.”
  • On a lighter note, NJ.com notes that the scandal broke in time for Jon Stewart to cover it last night … and he’s pretty ashamed of his home state, he admitted. “Political payback through traffic congestion? To see New Jersey sink to such a piss-poor, third-rate quality of corruption. This is New Jersey! A state renowned for its piss-rich, first-rate corruption

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Jess
10 years ago

Just learned about this last night my ass. He has been saying over the last few years, what a hands on guy he is and now all of a sudden he is a delegator of tasks. Not only that, but why were they using gmail and yahoo accounts, to keep it under the radar. Oh and if he had no idea, why did two of his people resign at the beginning of this without him knowing. I call bullshit.

Linh
10 years ago

All the blacked out lines in the email pages are maddening. What were the hiding? I’m curious as to who the source is and why or how they obtained and sent them.

I understand that politicians are part of the one profession that can’t be prosecuted for deaths that they directly caused (see: any war-time president on a non-combatant country), but I’m sure they’ll at least add manslaughter to the list of charges if this goes to trial. Not that it will stick.

10 years ago

Christie has a reputation for being a bully. This is bullying.
I predict that Christie, in bully-boy fashion, will blame others and fire a few individuals. Because he’s a bully, it is unlikely that he will properly take care of those who take the fall for him. So I anticipate that one or more of these patsies will rat him out. If that happens, other bullying victims or participant-whistle-blowers will emerge and end Christie’s chances to be President.

I have mixed feelings about this. Clearly, Christie is not fit to be president, BUT, he is not a Tea Party candidate in the truest sense of the word. Christie’s demise as the “populist Republican” opens the door for the more radical elements of the Tea Party to take the lead in the GOP. As John Stewart said last night, (paraphrasing) “…upon hearing the news, Paul Ryan had a boner you could see from space.”

My fondest hope is that the GOP would field a 2016 candidate that the Democrats can beat. Christie’s closet is full of skeletons, which makes him a candidate the Democrats can beat. If his status as prohibitive favorite evaporates, who will fill that void, and can Democrats reliably beat this replacement?

Rachael
10 years ago

Let’s hope this ends his presidential aspirations. I always thought there was something with this guy.

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