Black People Politics : Chris Christie & The GWB Scandal

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Beachgate, Bridgegate: Christie's time in headlines not over


TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Christie's week started with Beachgate — viral photos showing him lounging on a public beach closed by the state budget shutdown. Next week, Bridgegate will revisit ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/beachgat...-111640147.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_12

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FILE- In this Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens to a question from the media in Trenton, N.J. Christie's week started with photos showing him lounging on a public beach closed by the state shutdown going viral across the globe. Next week doesn't promise the same kind of international response, but the term-limited Republican's name could be in the headlines again over the so-called Bridgegate scandal when his former aide is sentenced and the attorney who represented him during the scandal gets a Senate hearing to be the next FBI director. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)





Michael Catalini, Associated Press
Associated PressJuly 8, 2017

 
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Politics
What Trump Can Learn from the Fall of Chris Christie


Alexander Nazaryan,Newsweek

... Christie’s downfall is a lesson for Trump on the limits of tough talk, what entertains in a town hall doesn’t play nearly as well on Capitol Hill. Infrastructure, immigration, entitlement reform—these won’t be solved with threats on Twitter, Christie’s supporters expected more, so do the Donald’s.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-learn-fall-chris-christie-115427793.html

 
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Falling star :facepalm: Glad he's gone ... miss ya Gracious:cry:

From the Magazine
CHRISTIEWORLD
New Jersey governor Chris Christie looked like the G.O.P.’s brightest presidential prospect on September 9, 2013, when the orange safety cones on the George Washington Bridge were mysteriously re-arranged, closing several toll lanes. The massive, four-day traffic nightmare that resulted may end up scuppering Christie’s 2016 chances. Bryan Burrough investigates one of the craziest political scandals in recent history

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BRYAN BURROUGH

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/pol...pJobID=1322348618&spReportId=MTMyMjM0ODYxOAS2

 
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Former Christie allies: Bridge realignment didn't break law

DAVID PORTER

Associated Press


... Attorneys for Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly acknowledged that even if the motivation for realigning the lanes at the bridge, causing traffic jams in the town of Fort Lee was to punish its mayor for not endorsing Christie, that wasn't a crime under federal law. The lanes still were being used for a public purpose and not to benefit either defendant, the attorneys argued.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-christie-allies-argue-bridge-case-reversals-040442592.html
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FILE - This combination of March 29, 2017, file photos shows Bridget Kelly, left, and Bill Baroni leaving federal court after sentencing in Newark, N.J. Attorneys for Kelly and Baroni are scheduled to argue in court, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Philadelphia, to try and convince a federal appeals court their clients' convictions in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case should be reversed. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

 

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