Bridge Documents Show Effort to Hide Political Motives

Newly-released documents show that officials loyal to Gov. Chris Christie (R) “went to elaborate means to make it appear that the September closing of lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J., was part of a traffic study, even though their private communications suggest the move was purely political,” the New York Times reports.

“The documents also show a concerted effort to keep their true motivation hidden, including the insistence by one official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in an email that communications about the matter should not be conducted by email or discussed publicly.”