Chris Christie’s lawyers during the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal have now been given key positions under President Donald Trump. Christopher Wray, who represented Christie during a federal investigation into the lane-closing scandal, was named to head the FBI in June. Carpenito represented Christie when the governor was the object of a criminal misconduct complaint related to the bridge scandal filed in state court by a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 2016. Christie wasn’t charged in the bridge scandal, in which one of his top appointees and his deputy chief of staff were convicted. Christie was New Jersey’s U.S. attorney from 2002 through 2008 before being elected governor in 2009 and re-elected in 2013.

Source: National Post January 03, 2018 22:26 UTC