New Jersey governor Chris Christie was fully aware of a plan to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge in 2013, prosecutors asserted Monday. A Christie aide wrote “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” after the mayor of Fort Lee declined to endorse the governor’s reelection campaign—and the lane closures came the following month. Governor Christie, now a prominent Trump surrogate, consistently claimed ignorance of the vengeful plot behind Bridgegate.
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