By: Jacob Bailes
In
September of last year, the Port Authority in New York and New Jersey closed
all but one of the lanes of the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee, N.J. that
connects the two states. This is the most heavily trafficked bridge in the
world. With two of the three lanes closed for four days, this caused a jam
worse than most have seen in a long time. None of the authorities were prepared
for these traffic problems.
Speculation arose not long after that New
Jersey’s governor Chris Christie had his staff create the incident as revenge against
Mayor Mark Sokolich for not endorsing Christie’s reelection. This was verified
when e-mails and text messages from high-ranking officials in his administration
were given to the state legislature as they investigated the situation. Still,
there is no apparent reason as to why Christie or his office would have wanted
to do this.
So far, no evidence has shown that Christie
was involved in the scandal and the bridge has since been opened. He has denied
all involvement in the issue, however, he was very dismissive of the ordeal and
everything he said ended up to be a lie. He said that the lane closures were
legitimate. The state legislative committee has also issued several subpoenas
to members of Christie’s office and reelection campaign. Two people subpoenaed
have refused to provide records and have cited the Fifth Amendment. If it turns
out that he did know about it, this could seriously hurt his chances running as
a presidential candidate in 2016.
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