Christie Crime Digest-Volume IV

[Laxman]

51. Open The Bomb Bay Doors.....

yes the governor is a lying weasel who ran a thug administration using the resources of the state for the advancement of his personal well-being. I guess that's not really a bombshell, is it?

Wildstein testifies he told Christie about 'tremendous amount of traffic in Fort Lee'

The prosecution's star witness on Tuesday detailed how Gov. Chris Christie was told of the traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge in the midst of the gridlock.

David Wildstein, who pleaded guilty to federal crimes associated with the Bridgegate scandal and turned government information, testified he and Bill Baroni, Christie's top appointee at the Port Authority, boasted to the governor about the traffic jams when they saw him in person at a Sept. 11 memorial event in 2013.

"Mr. Baroni said, 'Governor I have to talk to you about something,'" Wildstein recalled.

&quot He said) there's a tremendous amount of traffic in Fort Lee ... and you'll be pleased to know Mayor Sokolich is very frustrated," Wildstein said.

Wildstein said that he and Baroni boasted to the governor about not returning Soklolich's repeated phone calls.

Christie responded that he wasn't surprised that the Fort Lee's mayor "wouldn't be getting his phone calls returned," Wildstein said.

Prosecutors showed jurors a series of photographs of Christie talking to Baroni and Wildstein ahead of the ceremony at Ground Zero.

Port Authority Chairman David Samson, who was also at the Sept. 11 memorial, had also been told about the lane closure even before they happened, Wildstein testified during his third day on the stand in the so-called Bridgegate trial in federal court in Newark. He said he told Samson the lanes were closed to retailiate against Sokolich because he would not endorse the governor for re-election.

Previously, Wildstein's attorney had suggested publicly "evidence exists" that could implicate the governor had knowledge of the lane closures.

But Christie was never charged by federal prosecutors and has never been directly linked to the political revenge scheme and he has denied he ever had any knowledge of the plan.

However, Wildstein testified under oath the governor knew about the traffic jams.

According to Wildstein, Christie responded: "Well, I'm sure Mr. Edge would not be involved in anything political," referring to Wildstein's pseudonym as a political blogger, Wally Edge.

"Were you and Mr. Baroni bragging?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Lee Cortes asked Wildstein.

"Yes, very much so," Wildstein said.

On Sept. 10, 2013, Wildstein told jurors he and Baroni discussed plans to ahead of the governor's visit to boast about the scheme.

"We intended to talk to Gov. Christie about the effects of the lane closures," Wildstein said. "Kelly had previously said to me the governor is going to love this."

Read the rest here: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/wildstein_bridgegate_christie.html