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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris Christie Facing 10 Years In Prison As Summons Issued For Misconduct In Office
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/10/13/chris-christie-facing-10-years-prison-summons-issued-misconduct-office.html<snip>
A judge has found probable cause for a complaint of official misconduct against Gov. Chris Christie related to the George Washington Bridge closure.
The case now goes to the Bergen County Prosecutors Office, which will determine if the case will lead to an indictment.
Under New Jerseys official misconduct law, a public servant can be imprisoned for up to ten years for criminal acts committed in their official capacity. Chris Christies Bridgegate behavior is a textbook violation of New Jersey law. Evidence has shown that Christie was involved in the plan to political payback on those who
Lock him up! Bet it has new meaning


lindysalsagal
(22,996 posts)Awesome!
gademocrat7
(12,025 posts)Good news!
unblock
(56,259 posts)the focus seems to be on the mayor of fort lee, if he was wronged for political reasons. christie and his gang messed up traffic to punish the mayor of fort lee.
the real problem is that the people of fort lee had to sit in artificial traffic pointlessly so that christie could settle a personal grudge.
Makes you wonder what else they have done to citizens in the name of gaining or keeping power - and that's not merely a question for US politicians - it is a global problem.
allan01
(1,950 posts)central scrutinizer
(12,655 posts)malaise
(297,916 posts)Pachamama
(17,565 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)And what made it even sweeter was that Christie, a genuine Springsteen fan, was upset because of it.
whathehell
(30,547 posts)Go Jimmy & Bruce!
rocktivity
(45,008 posts)rocktivity
spanone
(142,052 posts)JanMichael
(25,725 posts)malaise
(297,916 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)lame54
(40,083 posts)Gropi wan kenobi you're my only hope
malaise
(297,916 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please
I wonder how Bill Maher feels now dismissing this as meaningless.
malaise
(297,916 posts)This is delish!!!!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)or ejected from office, it will be meaningless.
BumRushDaShow
(172,207 posts)and the stations here called it a "bombshell".
But then he seems to have a couple thick layers of teflon so we will see if this gets anywhere.
Betty
(1,352 posts)that would be sweet. Crispy could be his servant in prison, too.
whathehell
(30,547 posts)ShoreLiberal
(16 posts)To be clear I can't stand this guy. Never could. He's a criminal way beyond the GWB. He gave Wall Street hundred of millions to take over state pensions only to go back to them for $ for his laughable POTUS run. In short, he sucks!
But a municipal court judge in NJ is just a lawyer appointed by the mayor that lawyer helped get elected. A municipal court judge is barely a judge. His summons today is real but Christie will wipe his seeping keister with it. A step in the right direction though. I'm glad it happened.
Cakes488
(874 posts)Mr. Evil
(3,471 posts)They could even have a backdrop with a video playing of Christie being invaded by dildos with images of Trumpenstein on them.
"Seeping keister" is worthy of going viral!
George II
(67,782 posts)....that he closed down the two state-owned racetracks. He also gave the Revel casino a quarter billion dollars less than a year before they filed for bankruptcy.
He's so into a shitload of questionable dealings with GOVERNMENT money (both NJ and Port Authority funds) to help out his buddies.
sendero
(28,552 posts).... now THAT is some verbal imagery befitting a man like Christie!
calimary
(90,758 posts)Hard to imagine anyone a bigger criminal than GWB, who's an unrepentant war criminal along with his VP. But Trump is close, just in terms of sheer sleaze. And ignorance. And narcissism. And sexism. And racism. And jingoism. And opportunism. And total mendacity! And flat-out lechery!
When did we ever have a Presidential candidate who was described with the word "creepy" before this? I've been around awhile and tried to keep track to some extent, and I sure don't remember any such case. But that story about him intruding on Miss TEEN USA!!! Barging in while they were changing clothes and some of them were naked or semi-naked! The youngest girl there was 15! FIFTEEN!!!
Pachamama
(17,565 posts)Sorry - for those of us who also lived and know the abbreviated references to the various areas and exits and the Jersey Turnpike....
George II
(67,782 posts)....make it big enough for him.
malaise
(297,916 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(27,495 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)ailsagirl
(24,287 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)gopher for the Con?
klook
(13,648 posts)madinmaryland
(65,775 posts)I pity the officers who have to frog march him off to jail.
Mendocino
(8,549 posts)who have to strip search him.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Now I have a horrible picture in my mind that brain bleach won't erase!
Mendocino
(8,549 posts)something like caustic lye or muriatic acid is required.
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)Or forced to resign?
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)videohead5
(2,996 posts)Lock Him Up!...Lock Him Up!
LostinRed
(846 posts)Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up!😝😝😝
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)But not nearly enough.
trusty elf
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Malbrownluna8708
(76 posts)You told everything, Sorry, I could not help it.
Go Karma!
malaise
(297,916 posts)When Christie decided to pretend he did not know him from way back when, he set the stage for Wildstein to sing.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Meals are all planned and there is no snacking.
yuiyoshida
(45,655 posts)I have my doubts that Christie will ever see a minute behind bars. How many Republicans have been caught for crimes and misdemeanors and got off Scot free just for being a Republican?
I will believe it when I see it.
gateley
(62,683 posts)but honestly, "they" never are made to pay. Scooter Libby was a shock, but that was short-lived.
vdogg
(1,385 posts)But at least this is going forward.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)nt
Moliere
(285 posts)Avalon Sparks
(2,752 posts)Maybe he can get a job in jail mopping floors.....
SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)
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