Monday, September 19, 2016
The Outlaw Jersey Whale knew all about it
The prosecution in the Bridgegate trial intend to show that Gov. Chris Christie knew all about the lane closings in real time.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey knew that his close associates were involved in a plan to shut down lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge as it was happening and that the closings were intended to punish a local mayor for declining to support him, prosecutors said on Monday.Now that everybody agrees that Christie knew all along, it should be easy to nail him after the jury convicts those currently on trial.
It was the first time Mr. Christie, a Republican, has been accused of knowing about the scheme as it unfolded.
The prosecutors made the assertion during opening statements in the trial of two former Christie administration officials charged with closing the lanes in 2013 and then covering it up.
Mr. Christie has insisted that he had no knowledge of the plot to close the lanes, and said that he did not recall being told about the closings while they were happening.
Defense lawyers have also said that Mr. Christie knew. But the statement on Monday was striking in that it was prosecutors confirming that assertion.
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