The head of the agency that operates the George Washington Bridge testified on Wednesday that a former colleague charged with causing gridlock for political retribution tried to persuade him to keep traffic lanes closed because it was “important to Trenton”, which he took to mean Chris Christie’s office. He described ordering the reopening of the lanes on 13 September 2013, after receiving reports of massive gridlock for days. Baroni asked Foye at both meetings to close the lanes again because it was “important to Trenton”, Foye testified. The bridge, one of the busiest in the world, crosses the Hudson river and connects Fort Lee and New York City. I wanted to do everything possible to keep the borough of Fort Lee out of this story.

Source: The Guardian September 21, 2016 21:08 UTC