Internal New Jersey Review clears Chris Christe.

[frigidmagi]

MSN

A review commissioned by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie into a traffic scandal apparently orchestrated by top staffers in his administration has found the possible Republican presidential contender had nothing to do with the scheme, the New York Times reported Monday.

After two months, 70 interviews and more than $1 million in legal fees paid by New Jersey taxpayers, the internal review is complete and has found no evidence Christie was involved with planning or directing the lane closures which snarled traffic in the borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey, according to a report published in The New York Times.

Christie found himself engulfed in controversy earlier this year after emails revealed that two of his senior aides had called for lane closures leading to the busy George Washington Bridge last September, apparently as political retribution against a Democratic mayor who didn't endorse the governor's re-election.

New Jersey lawmakers and the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey announced parallel investigations into the closures, and Christie, who has maintained that he was "blindsided" by his staff's involvement, hired a private law firm to conduct his own review of what had occurred.

The results of the review are expected to be met with skepticism because the investigation was commissioned by the governor and was carried out by the private law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, which has close ties to the Christie administration, the newspaper said.

The attorney leading the review, Randy Mastro, a deputy mayor under former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, said attorneys had unprecedented access to the governor and his office's internal communications and records. Mastro said Christie handed over his iPhone, telephone records and allowed investigators to search his private and government email accounts.

However, the review did not have access to three of the scheme's central figures, including Bridget Anne Kelly, the governor's former deputy chief of staff who apparently kicked off the lane closures by sending an email that read "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."

Kelly and Christie's former campaign manager, Bill Stepien, have been subpoenaed by a state investigative committee seeking documents and emails related to the lane closures and the aftermath. Both have refused to comply, arguing the subpoenaed documents would violate due process and their constitutional guarantee against self incrimination.

Stepien's attorney on Monday filed additional documents outlining opposition to the subpoena and to what he called an "errant filing" when the investigative committee last week released previously unseen emails appearing to show Stepien's role in the traffic shutdown.

It is not known whether the investigation will give insight into questions of whether Christie condones a culture of intimidation. The outspoken Republican has been accused of being a bully.

A New Jersey Democrat helping to lead the state probe into the lane closures, Senator Loretta Weinberg, called the review "too little, too late."

Well, I am glad that the review that reported to Chris Christie found him innocent of any wrong doing. I'm sure that's a load... off everyone's mind. We can all sleep soundly tonight.

[Lys]

A review commissioned by Governor Chris Christie has found Governor Christie innocent of any wrong doing. A further review conducted on behalf of the review commission has found no conflict of interest that may have jeopardized its impartiality.

[Josh]

A review commissioned by Governor Chris Christie has found Governor Christie innocent of any wrong doing. A further review conducted on behalf of the review commission has found no conflict of interest that may have jeopardized its impartiality.

Furthermore as proof of Governor Christie's superior sense of fiscal responsibility, the review of the review commission was staffed entirely by members of the review commission, which allowed them to save greatly on basic staffing/logistical costs.

[Hotfoot]

Christie, you schmuck! You're supposed to wait until AFTER the Feds release a preliminary, then blast it apart for being unreliable by saying that YOU are taking your time and not rushing to conclusions!

Fucking hell is it amateur hour in here? Did you learn NOTHING from your orientation you simple fuck? You're in Trenton, you're in Little D.C., fucking act like it! You want to play with the big boys then you need to put on your big boy boxers and throw down! Sure, you've swung it around like you've got a set, but the blood is in the fucking water! You shut down the bridge because they didn't support your bid? BULL SHIT! They fabricated the whole thing because they knew they'd never stop your re-election! You withheld disaster relief money unless they approved a development project? FUCK YOU! They refused the money unless you met their demands, and rather than save face, you did what you had to do to help people! You shout people down and threaten them? YOU RANCID MOTHER FUCKER! They wanted to silence the prosperity you've brought to the state through FREEDOM you unpatriotic little fucks!

Don't like it? LIVE IN PENNSYLTUCKY SHITBIRDS! Say hello to the Amish while you're on the side of the road replacing your tires from the potholes! Oh, but there's crazy racist rednecks with guns there? WELL I GUESS YOU SHOULD LEARN TO SHUT UP AND LIKE IT HERE IN JERSEY, SHOULDN'T YOU? YOU WILL TAKE WHAT YOU ARE GIVEN YOU MAGGOTS!

That is how you fucking do it, Chris. Fuck me, when we said go big or go home we didn't mean living out of a fucking IHOP you bloated weasel. Hey, you know why it's safe to swim on New Jersey beaches? Jaws bit Christie's toe off and had to take it home to finish it. Godzilla tripped over him while he was sunbathing and twisted his ankle. He lured in Mothra with a lit fart and the smell killed it. He moved the Sarlacc to his backyard after he shoved the Jersey Shore cast into it. His natural predators are Seaworld and Gravity. The only time his conscience ever bothers him is when his heart attacks.

Get your act together Christie, you're embarrassing yourself. Fuck this you fucking fuckup motherfucker, fuck the fucks fucking you and fucking get your fucks together! THIS IS NEW JERSEY! WE HAVE A HIGHER FUCKING CLASS OF CORRUPTION! WHERE ARE YOUR RABBIS?! WHERE ARE YOUR PRIESTS!? WHERE IS THE FUCKING NETWORK?!

I don't have time for this penny-ante banana republic shit. You wanna play El Jefe, go down to Haiti and eat a bucket of chicken in front of a starving child or something until they send Reb Brown after your ass.

Trifilin' motherfucker.

[rhoenix]

Bravo, Hotfoot. Bravo.

[frigidmagi]

I don't have time for this penny-ante banana republic shit. You wanna play El Jefe, go down to Haiti and eat a bucket of chicken in front of a starving child or something until they send Reb Brown after your ass.

Hardcore bro. +10 for the Reb Brown reference though.