Sunday, January 12, 2014

New Jersey Bridge Scandal

New Jersey’s republican governor Chris Christine claims that he had no knowledge of the reason behind the bridge closure late last September.  Sources say that the governor’s aides were the ones to order the bridge closure, and not governor Christine. Evidently, the reason for closing the bridge was to punish the democratic Forty Lee mayor, for not backing Christine’s reelection.  New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christine, was said to be a likely candidate for the upcoming 2016 presidential election.
In a later press conference Thursday morning in Trenton, New Jersey the governor claimed ignorance, stating multiple times that he was innocent and didn’t know about the bridge closure, or at least the reason behind the lane closures.  Governor Christine ended up firing his deputy chief of staff for leading the lane closures in the desperate attempt to seek revenge.  However, whether or not he knew of the reasons behind the closures, is he ultimately indirectly guilty for the lane closures for not having any suspicions about the closures?  That’s the main question that’s being asked in the case, where authorities are trying to decide if the governor was actually guilty or didn’t actually know.  The state’s legislative committee has yet to find any source of proof that would prove Governor Christine’s guilt behind the scandal on the bridge.  However no evidence has been found yet, the search is still on, and although it will be hard to find any solid evidence that the governor Christine is guilty, they continue to search.
The case is still under investigation because there was a hazard caused with the bridge being closed which put many people’s safety in danger.  The bridge was closed for a total of 5 days before finally reopening.  The bridge is the busiest bridge in all or New Jersey.  However evidence is yet to be found to convict governor Christine guilty, there has ban a few emails that were sent getting a few others in trouble.  Kelly sent an email to David Weildstein “time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee”.  Later on Weildstein replied to the email saying “got it”.  These two are obviously guilty behind the scandal.  However the two are in trouble, more players are suspected and the hunt is still on.

Martinez, Michael, Chris Kokenes, and Conor Finnegan. "NJ Democrat Lawmaker on Traffic Scandal: 'I Do Think Laws Have Been Broken'" CNN. Cable News Network, 11 Jan. 2014. Web. 12 Jan. 2014.

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