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Botany

(70,510 posts)
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 10:54 AM Sep 2016

‘Mr. Wolf’ Sought to Fix Bridge Scandal, Ex-Christie Ally Testifies

Last edited Thu Sep 29, 2016, 11:33 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: NY Times

NEWARK — As Bill Baroni headed to the New Jersey State House in November 2013 to face questions from a legislative committee about the mysterious lane closings on the George Washington Bridge earlier that year, he texted David Wildstein an image titled “Mr. Wolf.”

It was a photo of the Harvey Keitel character in the movie “Pulp Fiction,” an expert in disposing of dead bodies.

It was an inside joke started by Gov. Chris Christie two months earlier, Mr. Wildstein said, when he and Mr. Baroni told the governor at a Sept. 11 memorial service that they had closed access lanes to the bridge to create a traffic jam to punish a mayor who had declined to endorse the governor’s re-election.

Mr. Christie had laughed about the lane closing, which was then at its midpoint, Mr. Wildstein said, and he referred to Mr. Wildstein as “Winston Wolf.”

“The reference was ‘Mr. Wolf,’ the problem-solver in that movie,” Mr. Wildstein testified here in federal court on Wednesday.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/nyregion/mr-wolf-sought-to-fix-bridge-scandal-ex-christie-ally-testifies.html?_r=0



Why is Christie still governor of N.J.?



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wordpix

(18,652 posts)
1. the noose is tightening around Krispie's neck and
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 11:08 AM
Sep 2016

it's doubtful Wildstein did not know about the conspiracy until Sept. 11, 2013. It seems he was mostly over Baroni in the chain of command.

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
7. Wildstein was mostly over Baroni in the chain of command? A very cute trick
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 03:47 PM
Sep 2016

considering that Baroni hired Wildstein with Christie's blessing -- without ever requiring a resume or having a job description!

Lots more at the DU Christie Crime Digest:
Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4


rocktivity

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
8. The lousy governor
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 05:28 PM
Sep 2016

knew it was happening and let it continue, deliberately victimizing his constituents for cheap political revenge against the Mayor of Fort Lee. He's unfit for public office and better suited to be a mop man at a Times Square peep show.

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