Christie Loyalist Denies Plotting to Punish Fort Lee Mayor
- Baroni takes the witness stand in fifth week of bridge trial
- Jurors to decide which of Christie’s loyalists is truthful
Bill Baroni, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, center, arrives at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, on Sept. 23, 2016.
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A former ally of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took the witness stand in his defense at the George Washington Bridge trial to deny he took part in a plot to punish a local mayor by tying up traffic, and to deflect blame to the government’s star witness.
Bill Baroni, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, also refuted testimony from the prosecution’s star witness that they
bragged to Christie about the traffic jams as they occurred, and that the governor responded with a laugh.