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She Was Loyal to Chris Christie. Now She Will Go to Prison for Bridgegate. - The New York Times
Bridget Anne Kelly was sentenced to 13 months for her role in the scandal that involved closing lanes to the George Washington Bridge as political payback.
On Aug. 13, 2013, Bridget Anne Kelly, a top aide to former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, fired off an email to a colleague at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”
Those eight words would thrust her from a fairly anonymous member of Mr. Christie’s inner circle into the middle of a national scandal that would become known as Bridgegate, a saga that ultimately grounded the soaring ambitions of Mr. Christie, a Republican governor many thought could be president.
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Eight little words in an email ended Chris Christie's political ambitions & put this young woman in the slammer. That's what you get when you act corruptly, like you're smarter than everyone else.
Bridget Anne Kelly was sentenced to 13 months for her role in the scandal that involved closing lanes to the George Washington Bridge as political payback.
On Aug. 13, 2013, Bridget Anne Kelly, a top aide to former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, fired off an email to a colleague at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”
Those eight words would thrust her from a fairly anonymous member of Mr. Christie’s inner circle into the middle of a national scandal that would become known as Bridgegate, a saga that ultimately grounded the soaring ambitions of Mr. Christie, a Republican governor many thought could be president.
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Eight little words in an email ended Chris Christie's political ambitions & put this young woman in the slammer. That's what you get when you act corruptly, like you're smarter than everyone else.
