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The Fort Lee lane closure scandal, also known as the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal or Bridgegate,[1][2] is a U.S. political scandal in which a staff member and certain political appointees of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have been shown to have conspired to create traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey, starting at a New York-bound, upper-level, toll plaza entrance[3][4] to the George Washington Bridge.[5][6] The problems began on Monday, September 9, 2013, after two of three toll lanes for this entryway were closed to traffic from Fort Lee and surrounding communities prior to the morning rush hour and reallocated to the main traffic from state and interstate expressways, resulting in massive back-ups on local streets over the course of five days. The disruption was apparently created for political retribution, but the precise target or motivation is unclear.


Timeline

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2013

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Dates Events
Week of
August 4
  • Port Authority (PA) Chairman David Samson met with Governor Christie
    • (Investigations need to determine if and how any part of this meeting was related to the scandal since subsequent subpoenaed documents submitted by Wildstein made reference to it)[7]
August 13
August 28
  • Wildstein received e-mail from Peter Zipf, PA chief engineer, for scenario for reducing toll lanes from three to two for local traffic from Fort Lee and surrounding communities.[9]
August 29
  • Per Wildstein's request, he received e-mail (with copy to Zipf) from Jose M. Rivera, PA chief traffic engineer, for scenario for reducing those toll lanes from three to one.[9]
September 6
  • Wildstein e-mailed Kelly, "ready to do this", and instructed PA personnel to implement toll lane closures for September 9.[10][11]
Monday
September 9
  • Two of three toll lanes are closed to traffic at a Fort Lee entrance and shifted to main highway traffic; daily massive traffic jams in Fort Lee began to occur during the rush hours and well beyond.[12]
  • The first of many inquiries by Mayor Mark Sokolich and other Fort Lee officials to PA managers, including Bill Baroni, and spokespersons go unanswered during the week.[8]
  • PA Police Lieutenant Thomas "Chip" Michaels, a Christie childhood friend, chauffeured Wildstein around the Fort Lee area on an observation tour,[13] and told Fort Lee Police Chief Keith Bendul that the toll lane changes were part of a month-long "test" to "relieve" traffic congestion on Interstate 95 approaches to the bridge at the expense of Fort Lee and surrounding towns.[14] He also suggested rerouting traffic to another bridge entrance, but Bendul proposed getting back all three regular toll lanes.[15] He updated Wildstein on traffic conditions throughout the week, via text messages.[13]
Tuesday
September 10
  • Upon seeing a Sokolich text message to Baroni about delayed school buses and traffic congestion, Kelly texted Wildstein, "Is it wrong that I'm smiling"; Wildstein responded: "No". Kelly wrote, "I feel badly about the kids. I guess"; Wildstein replied: "They are the children of Buono voters."[13]
Wednesday
September 11
  • Christie, Wildstein, Samson and Baroni are photographed together at the site of the World Trade Center during a commemoration of the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
    • (The photo, released in January 2014, raised questions, including from Wisniewski, chair of the NJ committee investigating the scandal, about what might have been discussed, if anything, while the toll lanes were closed)[16]
Thursday
September 12
  • The Record's John Cichowski asked PA Media Relations about the toll lane changes; this inquiry went into that evening's "media pendings" report, getting the attention of PA Executive Director Patrick Foye,[17]: 152 [18] a New York appointee
Friday
September 13
  • Foye sent e-mail that ordered toll lanes re-opened at the local entrance and stated he would find out how this "abusive decision" was made; Baroni forwarded the e-mail to Regina Egea, Christie's Director of the Authorities Unit[19]
  • As they were copied on Foye's e-mail, Baroni e-mailed Samson: "General, can I call you on this now?"[20]
  • Wildstein e-mailed Kelly: "The New York side gave Fort Lee back all three lanes this morning. We are appropriately going nuts. Samson helping us to retaliate."[21]
  • The Record produced the first media coverage of the lane closures[12][22]
  • PA spokesman released an explanation that the lane closures were part of a week-long study to review traffic safety patterns.[23]
September 17
  • The Wall Street Journal reported that "the decision to close the traffic lanes caused tension" at the PA since "the lane closures came as a surprise to some high-ranking officials”.[23]
September 18
  • Samson e-mailed PA Vice Chairman Scott H. Rechler, criticizing Foye about what was leaked to The Wall Street Journal: "he's playing in traffic, made a big mistake.”[24]
  • Wildstein sent a communication, along with the newspaper story, to Christie's campaign manager, Bill Stepien, who responded, "It's fine. The mayor [Sokolich] is an idiot, though."[8]
October 1
  • The Wall Street Journal broke the story about the contents of Foye's September 13 e-mail, including that he pledged to investigate "how PA process was wrongfully subverted and the public interest damaged.”[25]
October 2
  • Wildstein wrote to Stepien that leaks by Foye needed to be addressed.[8]
November 5
  • Christie re-elected governor of New Jersey.
November 25
  • Baroni, who was not sworn in, made a presentation before the Assembly Transportation Committee that included his claim that the lanes closures were part of a traffic study.[26][27]
  • Wildstein to Baroni: "Charlie [purportedly Charlie McKenna, Chief Counsel to Governor Christie] said you did GREAT”.[27]
December 4
December 6
  • Wildstein announced he would resign at the end of the year.[8]
December 9
  • Foye testified under oath before Assembly Transportation Committee that he was not aware of any traffic study ordered by Wildstein, with probable supervision by Baroni.[17]
  • Two other PA managers testified that Wildstein ordered the lane closures for a traffic study, which they thought did not follow PA planning protocols, and instructed them not to inform local officials and the public.[17]
December 10
  • The PA's inspector general started an investigation.[8]
December 12
  • The Wall Street Journal reported that Christie had called Governor Cuomo about Foye and the closure investigation.[29]
December 13
  • Christie announced the immediate resignations of Baroni and Wildstein; He denied speaking with Cuomo about Foye and the closure investigation.[28][30]

2014

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Dates Events
January 8
  • Major break in the scandal when e-mails and texts are released in the news media showing that the closure of toll lanes for local traffic was a conspiracy to harm Fort Lee and avoid public disclosure of the reasons[31]
  • Christie withdrew his selection of Bill Stepien to head New Jersey GOP[32]
January 9
  • Christie held a press conference and indicated that he first learned on January 8 of his staff's involvement via media news reports, including published communications from his staff[32]
  • At the press conference, Christie stated: "we'll work cooperatively with the investigations"; he announced that Kelly had been fired earlier in the day for lying about having no involvement or direct knowledge, without him asking her about her actions, since he had seen her published e-mails in the news that were related to the toll lane closures[32]
  • When appearing before the New Jersey Assembly Transportation Committee, Wildstein refused to testify, while invoking his right against self-incrimination[33]
  • The committee voted to hold Wildstein in contempt;[34] it referred these charges on January 13 to the Mercer County prosecutor's office for review[8]
  • United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey opened a preliminary federal inquiry into matters related to the toll lane closures[35]
January 10
  • The Assembly Transportation Committee publicly released all subpoenaed documents
    • (There was no evidence that additional administration officials, beyond those already mentioned, had advance knowledge of the toll lane closure plan, but showed that top aides to Christie were aware early on of related issues and their importance for avoiding further disclosures)[8]
January 11
  • John Wisniewski, who was leading the Assembly inquiry, stated that he did not rule out possible impeachment of Christie, but only if there was a direct link between the governor and the September lane closures[36]
January 14
  • Christie pledged to "cooperate with all appropriate inquiries to ensure this breach of trust does not happen again" at the State of the State address[37][38]
  • In response to Christie's statement, Wisniewski expressed concern that Christie was limiting the meaning of his previously announced cooperation, and stated: "I'm hoping he's not parsing his words in some way."[37]
January 16
  • A special session of the New Jersey Assembly re-authorized the legislative subpoena powers and created a bi-partisan investigative committee to continue the investigation[8][39]
  • Assembly committee issued subpoenas to 18 people in Christie's administration, his 2013 re-election campaign, and the PA, with requested submittals by February 3[40]
  • While Christie himself was not subpoenaed, his governor's office and 2013 election campaign organization received subpoenas[40]
  • Christie administration announced it hired New York attorney Randy Mastro, a long time associate of Rudy Guliani (friend to Christie), and his firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, to aid in an internal investigation of the matter[41]
January 23
  • A lawyer for Christie's 2013 re-election campaign and the New Jersey Republican State Committee announced both had received the first-known grand jury subpoenas from the U.S. Attorney for documents related to the lane closures[42]
January 27
  • New Jersey Legislature voted to create a joint bi-partisan investigative committee (with co-chairs, Assembly Deputy Speaker John Wisniewski and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg) comprising eight Assembly representatives (five Democrats and three Republican), and four Senators (three Democrats and one Republican)[43]
January 29
  • The New York Times published an exposé about Christie's “intergovernmental affairs” operation, part of an ongoing campaign to influence mayors in certain towns for their political support and also have an impact on 2013 election results for Christie as governor
    • (Officials in the governor's office maintained dossiers, which were originally created by Stepien when he was Deputy Chief of Staff and regularly reviewed by Christie, on the "Top 100" list, including Fort Lee as 45, of mayors and what state government resources could be used to support and influence them)[44][45]
January 31
  • Letter from Wildstein's attorney to the PA questioned the accuracy of statements made by the governor about his client and claimed there is evidence of Christie being aware of the toll lane closures at the time that they were closed. The governor's office issued a statement that denied the allegations[46][47]
February 3
February 10
  • Legislature's investigative committee voted to compel Stepien and Kelly to produce the previously requested documents, instructing special counsel Reid Schar to "take all necessary steps" to enforce the subpoenas[51] and issued 18 new subpoenas, including to new recipients within the governor's office and the PA, and to the New Jersey State Police aviation unit[52][53]
  • Mastro filed an Open Public Records Act request with Fort Lee for documents, communications, and media interactions related to the toll lane closures, and meeting and interactions with Christie’s re-election team[54][55]
February 11
  • Governor's office informed the Senate Oversight Committee that the policy of the Christie administration is that its members are not allowed to appear before legislative committees; this set up a potential future confrontation with the legislature's investigative committee for Bridgegate[56]
February 16
  • PA Executive Director Patrick Foye requested inspector general of the PA to notify U.S. Attorney and look into what PA Police Department officers knew about the lane closures and why some told drivers stuck in the traffic jams to contact the municipal offices or mayor of Fort Lee with their inquiries[57]
  • Legislature's investigative committee announced it will investigate why there appeared to be an "orchestrated" effort by PA cops to point drivers in the traffic jams toward Fort Lee officials and the mayor[58]
February 17
  • Sokolich's lawyer sent a letter to Mastro that indicated the mayor would not grant his requested investigation interview or requested documents since it would not be appropriate while there were other ongoing investigations[59]
February 18
  • Attorneys for Stepien and Kelly reiterated that their clients will not comply with the legislative committee's subpoenas[60][61]
February 19
  • Fort Lee publicly released 2,211 pages of municipal records related to the toll lane closures based on Mastro's February 10 request; the borough refused to release other documents (since the request was characterized as "too broad"), including those held by Mayor Sokolich and his staff regarding the toll lane closures, and to his decision not to endorse Christie for re-election[62]
  • PA Chairman David Samson apologized on behalf of the commissioners "for inconvenience caused to our travelers" without directly stating that it was due to plans by some individuals to cause traffic jams with the toll lane closings at the GW Bridge,[63] and without acknowledging the detrimental effects on the borough of Fort Lee and its public services, mayor, and officials[64]
February 20
  • The editorial board of The Star-Ledger, a New Jersey newspaper with the largest circulation in the state, assessed Samson's apology as "too little, too late", noted a list of his failures and conflicts of interest, and called for him to resign.[65]
  • New Jersey Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson ordered attorneys representing Stepien and Kelly to file briefs by March 3 and appear in court on March 11 in response to a request from the joint Select Committee on Investigation to compel their clients to answer subpoenas since producing records about their involvement was not the same as requiring someone to testify against oneself.[66][67]
February 21
  • Sokolich met with prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office.[68]
February 25
  • Executive Director Patrick Foye said he does not believe Chairman Samson has moral authority to run the PA, but did not elaborate on his reasoning.[69]
  • The Daily News (New York) called for the removal of Samson as chairman based on problems with his competency, conflicts of interest in agency decisions, and questionable responses in the aftermath of the toll lane closures.[70]
February 26
  • Christie stated that he "strongly, firmly" stands behind Samson as chairman of the PA and disagreed with Foye's position.[71]
February 27
  • Christie’s spokesman and press secretary, Michael Drewniak, met with federal prosecutors to answer questions about his role, as a "fact witness", in the scandal.[72]
March 3
  • In filing the requested legal brief to New Jersey Superior Court, Stepien's attorney, Kevin Marino, restated that his client has a constitutional right not to incriminate himself and cannot be forced to produce documents that could also be used in a criminal investigation.[73]
  • Marino indicated that federal authorities appear to be conducting a criminal investigation of Stepien in connection with the lane closures.[74]
  • Kelly's attorney, Michael Critchley, stated his client had declined in February to be interviewed by investigators from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.[73]
March 4
  • The freeholders of Bergen County, which includes Fort Lee and surrounding communities impacted by the lane closures, called on Samson and the other five New Jersey appointed PA commissioners to resign over the scandal.[75]
  • It was reported that federal prosecutors recently questioned Paul Nunziato, head of the PA police union, as part of their criminal investigation into the lane closures. Nunziato's lawyer had indicated that his client "had nothing to do with nor knowledge of the planning, implementation, or execution" of the lane closures, and his previous statements to the press, in support of the traffic study story advanced by Baroni, was "to be supportive of people who were supportive of his union; he never intended to mislead". (Baroni told the legislative committee on November 25, 2013, that Nunziato suggested to Wildstein in July 2013 to close the bridge access lanes as part of a traffic study.)[76]
March 6
  • In his filed legal brief to New Jersey Superior Court, Kelly's attorney, Michael Critchley, restated his client's Fifth Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights and an overly broad request by the legislative committee in not producing the subpoenaed documents that could also be used in a grand jury investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office that was underway for his client.[77]
March 21

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