Christie Fires Aide Implicated in Bridgegate Emails
At a press conference Thursday morning, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced the termination of Bridget Anne Kelly, his deputy chief of staff, who was shown in emails and texts revealed yesterday plotting and then rejoicing in lane closures on the George Washington Bridge last September.
“I terminated her because she lied to me,” Christie said. “There’s no justification for ever lying to a governor or a person with authority in this government.”
Christie said that during an internal investigation into the lane closures last month, he instructed his staff to come forward if they had any role in the operation, warning them that he was about to claim at a press conference that his staff was not involved. Christie added that he had no knowledge of Kelly’s involvement prior to the revelation of the subpoenaed documents yesterday.
Kelly was the author of the now-infamous statement “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” in an email to Port Authority official David Wildstein, in apparent collusion to close the lanes as political retribution for Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, who had refused to endorse Christie in the 2013 gubernatorial election. Wildstein, a Christie appointee, has already resigned.
Watch the clip below, via Fox News:
[Featured image via AP/NorthJersey.com]
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