Jurors in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial are hearing how the alleged scheme unfolded in September 2013.
A witness who pleaded guilty last year testified Tuesday how he and two former allies of New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie mocked and made jokes about a Democratic mayor whose town was the target of their scheme to create traffic jams because he hadn’t endorsed Christie.
David Wildstein is testifying against Christie’s former deputy chief of staff and the governor’s top appointee to the authority that operates the bridge.
Wildstein told jurors he texted deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly with reports of heavy traffic on the second day of the jams. He says Kelly texted back, “Is it wrong that I’m smiling?” Wildstein testified they ignored Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich’s pleas for help.
Christie hasn’t been charged.
