New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may soon be the only person in America who believes he had no knowledge of the politically-initiated traffic snarl known as Bridgegate. Everyone else involved with it seems to be pretty clear on that point.
[B]oth the prosecution and the defense in the case agree that Christie knew about the plot as it was happening, and new testimony from Christie’s self-described former “enforcer” at the Port Authority, in addition to other statements from former aides, contradict what the governor has said about what he knew and when. [...]
In August, Baroni’s lawyers released transcripts of a text message exchange between Christina Renna, Christie’s former director of intergovernmental affairs, and a staffer on Christie’s re-election campaign in which Renna says Christie “flat out lied” to the media about not knowing his own staffers played a role in the lane closures.
The prosecutors are saying he knew. The defense is saying he knew. His former staff has texts from the time calling him a liar when he said he didn't know. But it's 2016, the year politicians finally gave up on feeling any shame at all, and the worst that's going to happen to Chris Christie is that he didn't get picked to be an even bigger liar's running mate.