New Jersey Democrats Question ‘Objectivity And Thoroughness’ Of Christie Report

Co-chairs, New Jersey Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, second right, D-Sayreville, N.J., and New Jersey Sen. Loretta Weinberg, right, D-Teaneck, N.J., address a joint bipartisan committee of members of the New Jersey ... Co-chairs, New Jersey Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, second right, D-Sayreville, N.J., and New Jersey Sen. Loretta Weinberg, right, D-Teaneck, N.J., address a joint bipartisan committee of members of the New Jersey Senate and Assembly, as they meet for the first time at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The state Senate and Assembly voted to establish the joint bipartisan committee, thereby merging separate legislative investigations into allegations that Republican Gov. Chris Christie's aides blocked traffic lanes near a heavily traveled bridge to create backups in a nearby town as political payback. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) MORE LESS
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The two New Jersey Democrats leading the legislative investigation of the George Washington Bridge lane closures released a statement Thursday criticizing a review of the scandal released by lawyers representing the office of Gov. Chris Christie (R).

“Lawyers hired by and paid by the Christie administration itself to investigate the governor’s office who then say the governor and most of his office did nothing wrong will not be the final word on this matter,” Assemblyman John Wisniewski and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said in the statement. “The people of New Jersey need a full accounting of what happened. This review has deficiencies that raise questions about a lack of objectivity and thoroughness.”

The internal review of the scandal released Thursday concluded that Christie “did not know of the lane realignment beforehand and had no involvement in the decision to realign the lanes.”

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