Christie Spokesman Drewniak Calls Lane Closings Idiotic
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Michael Drewniak, Governor Chris Christie’s press secretary, told New Jersey lawmakers he didn’t know of planned traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge and called them “idiotic” and “abusive” to the public trust.
Drewniak, 53, said he felt “betrayed” in the incident by his then-friend David Wildstein, a former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive at the center of the scandal. During a steak dinner on Dec. 4, Wildstein said the traffic study used as justification for the September lane closings was his idea, Drewniak told lawmakers investigating the issue.