Wednesday, January 08, 2014


JAN. 8, 2014

A series of newly obtained emails (click here) and text messages shows that Gov. Chris Christie’s office was closely involved with lane closings on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge in September, and that officials closed the lanes as retribution against the mayor whose town was gridlocked as a result....

Interesting, but, Governor Christi has been under attack before and managed to survive that as well. Unless this has criminal implications; it will probably be a brief scandal.

July 25, 2011
ACLU-NJ, Gawker challenged governor’s use of executive privilege (click here)

NEWARK - In response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie's office today released records that it originally shielded citing executive privilege.

The record, a page from his calendar on September 11, 2010, was originally sought after by John Cook, a reporter with Gawker. Cook filed an open records request for email, calendar entries and phone records of Christie's correspondence with Fox News President Roger Ailes, but was denied. Christie's office rejected the request on June 14, 2011 citing executive privilege. Earlier today, it released a calendar entry confirming a private meeting between Christie and Ailes, and claimed that no further records exist....