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After 9 Months, Federal Probe of GWB Closure Finds No Link to Christie, Federal Sources Say
NBC New York ^ | Thursday, Sep 18, 2014 • Updated at 8:31 PM EDT | Jonathan Dienst, Joe Valiquette and Pete Williams

Posted on 09/18/2014 6:43:02 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The U.S. Justice Department investigation into New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s role in “Bridgegate” has thus far uncovered no information he either knew in advance or directed the closure of traffic lanes on the George Washington Bridge, federal officials tell NBC 4 New York.

The September 2013 closures—where several entrance lanes to the George Washington Bridge in Ft. Lee were shut down causing a traffic nightmare for commuters—has been the subject of several federal and state investigations. […]

According to one former federal prosecutor, who had no involvement in any of the probes into the bridge closure, investigations of this kind will often turn up a solid connection early in the inquiry. …

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bridgegate; christie; kerfuffle; portauthority

1 posted on 09/18/2014 6:43:02 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

If ony they were as diligent in checking obama


2 posted on 09/18/2014 6:44:23 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: Olog-hai

3 posted on 09/18/2014 6:45:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

OK, now investigate fast and furious, Louis Lerner, Eric Holder, James Clapper for committing perjury, Benghazi........Never mind.........


4 posted on 09/18/2014 6:50:05 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Olog-hai
Christy keep your lard face out of Colorado and Colorado politics. You interfered in the state Governor race with a dirty trick and lying add against Tom Tancredo. You are no better than Blumberg, Sorros or any of the sleazy democrat money men.
5 posted on 09/18/2014 6:55:36 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Olog-hai

Page 64 in the Sunday edition.


6 posted on 09/18/2014 7:04:12 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t think we ever got the straight story on this ‘incident’ to begin with, and I doubt that we are getting it now.

It seemed to me that what Christie did is take advantage of something that was scheduled months in advance. You can’t just wave a magic wand and have construction crews show up.


7 posted on 09/18/2014 8:08:15 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Olog-hai

At a cost of ? to taxpayers!


8 posted on 09/18/2014 8:29:12 PM PDT by golf lover (goingf)
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To: Olog-hai

Christie is not a favorite of mine. He can rot for all I care.

I do not like to see people taken down like this, and I am glad to be able to defend him on the point.

Delay, Palin, Christie, and now Perry, it’s pretty much textbook Take-down 101. It’s also immoral to the max.

Somewhere along the line, I’d love to see contempt charges brought for some of these baseless prosecutions, or heads roll for baseless investigations.


9 posted on 09/18/2014 8:34:54 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: Olog-hai

imho i believe the feds aren’t going to prosecute because they have “weak links” to Christie’s corruption.

I firmly believe that Christie with full knowledge shut down that bridge.

I’m not so sure of the article posted here. Maybe someone

should dig deeper . Christie is corrupt as any one of them

in the federal govt. Hurricane Sandy & FEMA did not have the best

management nor coordination with his office during that

time. Right now there are a lot of people who are having

to pay back FEMA funds because FEMA “OVERPAID” them.

The whole state of NJ is corrupt from to top to bottom....

You never hear anything from his “assistant” who was fired

do you? Yeah that whole scenario stunk to high heavens- that

BridgeGate thing


10 posted on 09/18/2014 9:01:46 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: UCANSEE2
I was stuck in traffic jams on the GWB when Chris Christie was still in law school.

IMO, there "is" more but this is something that has been going on longer than Chris Christie has been on the planet. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey dates to 1921. The port is the #3 US port by traffic volume and the Port Authority controls literally mountains of money. That inspires attempts by nearly every politician in the area to try to grab a piece of it.

I've read that Jersey City (under Mayor Steven M. Fulop, one of the "rising stars" of the NJ 'rat party) deliberately screwed up traffic entering and leaving a Port Authority trucking terminal. Why? Rectangular pieces of green paper with pictures of dead presidents, Jersey City would like more of them, thank you!

This is corruption on a massive scale and it has spanned decades, involves both political parties and involves both the State of New Jersey and State of New York.

11 posted on 09/18/2014 9:10:05 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: Olog-hai

Doesn’t matter now if there was a link, or not.

The PERCEPTION of “Wrong-doing” is now firmly ingrained in the average sheeple’s mind by the media.


12 posted on 09/18/2014 9:33:30 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: tcrlaf; Olog-hai

The elites will continue sweeping this away, polishing his image.

IMHO, the elites really want a Repub victory in 2014 Senate and 2016 President.

With a guy like Christie, the “nation can feel relief” from the communist slant of the Obama years, with all its overt criminality...

and switch back the pubbies with their covert criminality and more subtle new world order agendas on domestic policy...

and pubbies and conservatives will support US foreign policy of dividing up Iraq into smaller more controllable nations, adding Ukraine and some others to the EU, flattening Syria after a false flag, etc.


13 posted on 09/18/2014 10:49:28 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: Olog-hai

Mr. Rachel Madcow was all over this on her show tonite. Watched about 45 seconds.......44 more than I should have.


14 posted on 09/19/2014 1:55:52 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

Thanks NEWBIE!! geesh.


15 posted on 09/19/2014 1:57:11 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

You are wrong; if there was the slightest link to Christie, the MEDIA would take him down (they’re already trying with no evidence).

You’ve been snookered by the Masters of the Lie that run our media; no bridge was shut down (entrance ramp access from the town of Fort Lee was). “Bridge-gate” is the liberal way of trying to compare it to Watergate; they just had interviews with whiny local libs who recall the horror of the traffic (no kidding - as though it was 9/11 and they were watching people impact on the pavement in front of their eyes).

Christie has all the right enemies (and his share of flaws); this story has been kept alive to divert attention from the collapse of our country and our way of life, keeping a minor Republican politician in the national news constantly with bad press. The NYC metro area in particular needs this distraction, as there is probably no other part of the country where the number of jobs and Americans is falling faster...


16 posted on 09/19/2014 4:11:07 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Sooth2222

See # 16; Christie’s clean in this one. Simply a diversion while an African Muslim dismantles our country & culture...


17 posted on 09/19/2014 4:13:30 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Ann Archy

YW


18 posted on 09/19/2014 4:49:48 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: Ann Archy

the feds stated “weak links” and has given Christie “absolution”.

this has smelled to high heavens from the very get to esp. when Christie fired that one chief lady staff person.
The other(s) either resigned or claimed they were moving on to other jobs.

When can we get our country back?


19 posted on 09/19/2014 4:49:48 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: Ann Archy

Let me guess, Smirks Maddow said he was still guilty.


20 posted on 09/20/2014 5:39:17 AM PDT by Valin (I'm not completely worthless. I can be used as a bad example.)
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