Former Port Authority Official Says Christie Knew About Lane Closings
Very bad news for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today, as former Port Authority official David Wildstein now says he has evidence Christie knew about the lane closings on the George Washington Bridge.
In a letter released by his lawyer, the official, David Wildstein, a high school friend of Mr. Christie’s who was appointed with the governor’s blessing at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls the bridge, described the order to close the lanes as “the Christie administration’s order” and said “evidence exists as well tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference” three weeks ago.
Here’s the actual letter from Wildstein’s attorneys: