Christie Allies Texted About Dead Senator in Bridge Case
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s allies regularly communicated about manufactured traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge, according to e-mails and texts that included a reference to the fun of “beating up on” late Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg.
The New Jersey legislative committee probing the lane closures that snarled traffic in Fort Lee, New Jersey, from Sept. 9 to Sept. 12, yesterday released e-mails and texts between the Republican governor’s former campaign manager William Stepien and Bridget Anne Kelly, his former deputy chief of staff, among others.