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Looks like Christie is toast.:2wave:
< In a dramatic refutation of Gov. Chris Christie's long-standing insistence that he knew nothing about the traffic study that led to the Bridgegate traffic jams, the governor's former deputy chief of staff told a federal jury that she notified the governor before sending the infamous "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" email.>
<Bridget Kelly, facing federal criminal charges in the scheme, worked through tears as she also described an unrelated instance where an irate Christie through a water bottle at her, hitting her arm, because he didn't like her idea for a public event.>
<Kelly claimed to have no idea that the lanes were closed to punish a local mayor for not endorsing Christie, as federal prosecutors and a former gubernatorial appointee allege. And she said she cleared the plan with Christie on Aug. 12, 2013, a month before lanes were closed for the supposed traffic study.>
<That's when Kelly sent the "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" without really thinking about the language -- it was a reference, she said, to how Wildstein had told her this would cause traffic.>
<Looking at the jury, Kelly said: "I’m pretty sure if I had said, 'Time for a traffic study in Fort Lee,' we wouldn’t all know each other now.">
<Kelly also testified that Christie himself told her that he had spoken about the lane closures with Wildstein during a ceremony at Ground Zero while the traffic jams were still ongoing.>
Bridget Kelly Speaks: Christie's Ex-Aide Says Gov Knew About Bridgegate - WNYC