David Wildstein testified that the governors agreed to issue a report falsely citing a traffic study for closing access lanes to the George Washington Bridge; a Cuomo aide denied the account.
David Wildstein, the mastermind behind the lane closings, said Gov. Chris Christie was informed of the lane closings at a Sept. 11 memorial service the week they were happening.
David Wildstein, the mastermind behind the lane closings, testified that Gov. Chris Christie’s former campaign manager knew about the plan and that it was meant as political retribution.
David Wildstein, who has confessed to coming up with the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scheme, said the Christie administration used the agency to spread money, jobs and gifts.
Patrick J. Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said that Gov. Chris Christie’s top appointee at the agency came to his office more than once to ask that
The police chief and the mayor testified in the trial of two former Christie administration officials charged with shutting down lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge.