The U.S. Justice Department investigation into the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge has not yet linked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) to the traffic jam, federal officials told NBC 4 New York.
Investigators have not found evidence that Christie ordered or knew about plans to close the lanes on the bridge. Officials told NBC that the probe is still ongoing, however.
In a radio interview on Thursday evening, Christie said he was not surprised by the news.
“Obviously we’ll wait to hear whatever the authorities have to say but this is a report that comes as no shock to me,” he said, according to Business Insider. “I don’t want to overreact to it, because I’m not surprised by it.”
The closure of the lanes on the George Washington Bridge led to multiple days of traffic gridlock in Fort Lee, N.J., leading to speculation that Christie ordered the closure for political reasons.
So he didn’t order it. Fine. He just appointed sycophantic political hacks to positions where it was a foregone conclusion that something spiteful and malicious such as this would happen.
In unrelated news, authorities have found the remains of a half-melted shredding machine in shallow waters just south of the George Washington Bridge…
They may not find direct links to Bridgegate, but the Feds are still looking at all kinds of shady dealings by the Christie Administration…so this isn’t over by a long shot. However, this news will be spun by Republicans and toadies in the press to make it sound a lot more definitive than it probably is. Count on that.
Oh come on…Christie is running for President of the U.S.A. He’s got the fat people vote and that’s 50% of the country.
Not yet?
Sounds promising.