Emails released earlier today by the New Jersey Legislative Investigation Committee show that Bill Stepien, Gov. Christie's campaign manager, was kept in the loop throughout the ordeal. From The Washington Post:
One email shows Christie’s top appointee at the bridge agency, Bill Baroni, looping in Stepien on a letter of complaint on the fourth full day of the September lane closures.
“Thanks,” Stepien replied after being forwarded the letter from Mark Sokolich, the mayor of Fort Lee, where traffic backed up for hours, stalling school buses and emergency vehicles.
In another exchange, Stepien sends a complimentary message after Baroni told a legislative panel that the lane closures were part of a traffic study, a story that has since been discredited.
“I know it’s not a fun topic ... but you did great,” Stepien wrote in late November, a few weeks after Christie easily won re-election.
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No wonder Stepien is trying so hard to quash the subpoena! He's in it deep.