. . UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY : INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM : TRANSPORTATION: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: AUTOMOBILE : UNITED STATES: STATES: NEW JERSEY:Chris Christie's Political Future Jammed by George Washington Bridge Scandal
. .Chris Christie's Political Future Jammed by George Washington Bridge Scandal
By John Mariani January 09, 2014 at 9:51 AM, updated January 09, 2014 at 10:03 AM Syracuse.com http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/ chris_christies_political_future_jammed_by_george.html . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/nr4k5t8 . .New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's presidential ambitions grew hazier Thursday as questions mounted over why some of his top aides sought to close lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge last September, tying up traffic for a week in Fort Lee, N.J.
.Speaking Thursday on CNN's "New Day," state Sen. Ray Lesniak said he would seek a federal probe in the closures. He'll also ask the Manhattan district attorney's office for a probe.
.The gridlock that resulted not only inconvenienced motorists but also hampered emergency responders, he said.
."This crosses a line that is rarely crossed: People's lives were in danger," Lesniak said. "Endangering people's lives -- that's not politics. That's why the U.S. attorneys have to get involved."
.Fort Lee is the New Jersey gateway to the bridge. Its Democratic major did not support Republican Christie's November re-election bid.
.Emails and texts published Wednesday by NJ.com indicated that top aides to Christie began conferring at least a month before the lane closures and were aware, but did not care, about the gridlock that would follow.
.They did not say outright why the lane closures were sought, but one exchange drew attention.
."Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee," Bridget Anne Kelly, a deputy chief of staff in Christie's office, told David Wildstein in an email on Aug. 13, four weeks before the shutdown.
."Got it," replied Wildstein, a high school friend of the governor's who is director of interstate capital projects for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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