POLITICO — State lawmakers released an avalanche of new documents Friday on the bridge scandal plaguing Chris Christie’s administration, including some that show how the governor’s appointees and others tried to contain the fallout as controversy grew.
The documents also provided glimpses of commuters’ frustrations during the turmoil caused by September’s sudden shutdowns of two lanes to the bridge, an act that a top official who ordered the lanes reopened wrote may have violated federal law. And they included material portraying the closures as being part of a traffic study, a study that same top official said had not been properly authorized.
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The debacle has damaged the reputation of Christie, the New Jersey governor who had been considered a potential GOP frontrunner in the 2016 presidential race.
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