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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBridgegate - Word is that David Wildstein will plead guilty
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-29/former-christie-ally-david-wildstein-said-to-plan-guilty-plea<snip>
David Wildstein, a former ally of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, is set to plead guilty, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, suggesting he may be cooperating with prosecutors probing traffic jams he ordered near the George Washington Bridge.
Wildstein is scheduled to appear as early as Friday in federal court in Newark, where grand jurors heard testimony in secret for months about gridlock over four mornings in Fort Lee, New Jersey, according to the person, who requested anonymity because the matter isnt public. The plea was originally scheduled for Thursday, the person said. The specific charges were unclear.
A plea by Wildstein, who was a top appointee at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, would be the first conviction for U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman in an investigation of the September 2013 lane closures. The scandal has hurt Christies popularity as the Republican weighs a run for the White House and tests his tough-talking image with voters in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Christie denies knowledge of a plot to close two of the three local-access lanes to the worlds busiest bridge, which is run by the Port Authority. If Wildstein pleads guilty and cooperates with prosecutors, he could give them an inside view of how the plot unfolded.
http://heavy.com/news/2015/04/david-wildstein-pleading-guilty-plea-federal-charges-new-jersey-bridgegate-chris-christie-fort-lee-george-washington-bridge-lanes-closure/
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Bridgegate - Word is that David Wildstein will plead guilty (Original Post)
malaise
Apr 2015
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Human101948
(3,457 posts)1. Christie basically called Wildstein a loser who he barely remembered...
Which worked until photos of them laughing and joking together came to light.
Please spill your guts, David!
malaise
(269,220 posts)2. +1,000
I hope he spills his guts
Gothmog
(145,667 posts)3. Christie is not going to be the GOP nominee
but that's not good enough. I want him in jail.
GeorgeGist
(25,324 posts)4. Better to fall on your sword ...
than sink with cement on your shoes.
malaise
(269,220 posts)6. Profound
I'm sure Wildstein learned with tasteless haste that his uncouth 'friend' has no friends.
He can settle all the hurts here.
spanone
(135,900 posts)5. k&r....
Cha
(297,818 posts)7. The saga continues.. will Wildstein fall on his sword for Christie
or Not?!
I hope if he pleads guilty and goes to jail.. he takes Christie with him.
tblue37
(65,502 posts)8. KnR. nt
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)10. I hope that Fishmas doesn't become another Fitzmas