How Trump’s New Campaign Manager Rose from Exile

Bergen Record: “In some ways, it’s a remarkable ascent for Stepien… who initially seemed to have been a top inner-circle suspect in the plot to paralyze the streets of Fort Lee with traffic jams by closing two access lanes to the bridge…”

“He emerged from the Bridgegate scandal relatively unscathed… In documents and testimony, Stepien came across as a detail-oriented, hardworking operative who delighted in the cut and thrust of Jersey politics in the Christie era, doling out gifts to supporters and meting out punishment to those put in the ‘penalty box.’”