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• Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal abstract "The Fort Lee lane closure scandal, also known as the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal or Bridgegate, is a U.S. political scandal in which a staff member and political appointees of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie collaborated to create traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey, by closing lanes at the toll plaza to the George Washington Bridge.The problems began on Monday, September 9, 2013, when two of three eastbound toll lanes were closed to morning rush hour traffic from Fort Lee and reallocated to the traffic from state and interstate expressways. The resulting massive back-ups and gridlock on local streets only ended when the lanes were reopened on Friday, September 13, 2013 by an order from Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye. He said that the "hasty and ill-informed decision" could have endangered lives and violated federal and state laws. Local officials, emergency services, and the public were not notified of the lane closures, which Fort Lee declared a threat to public safety.The motives for the traffic disruptions are unclear. One theory is that they were retribution against Fort Lee's Mayor Mark Sokolich for not endorsing Christie in the 2013 gubernatorial election. Investigators are also examining other possible motives, such as whether the closures were intended to affect Sokolich's promotion of a major real estate development project that was underway at the Fort Lee bridge access point.Christie said in a February 2014 radio interview that he "unequivocally" did not know about the lane closures, did not approve or authorize them, and became aware of them from a Wall Street Journal story after the lanes reopened. Christie was cleared by a report prepared by a law firm he had hired. Critics and a majority of New Jerseyans, in opinion polls, said they believed the report was a "whitewash" and disagreed with many of its findings. The report was criticized for not being able to interview key participants in the lane closures and related controversies, and for reading like a legal brief for Christie's defense.Several of Christie's appointees and aides either resigned or were forced out as investigations into their involvement in the planning or aftermath of the closures intensified. David Wildstein, who ordered the traffic lanes closed, and Bill Baroni, who had told the New Jersey Assembly Transportation Committee that the closures had only been for a traffic study, resigned following sworn testimony by Foye and other PA officials that the two men had violated protocols and had sought to hide their plans for the lane closings from Fort Lee and other officials. Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie's deputy chief of staff, who had emailed Wildstein advising him that it was "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee", was fired by Christie, who said she had not been forthcoming with him about her involvement in the closures. Christie's close political adviser and election campaign manager, Bill Stepien, resigned after Christie said that he was disturbed by the tone of Stepiens's emails related to the lane closures. David Samson, chairman of the Port Authority, resigned on March 28, 2014.Christie's political standing and 2016 presidential campaign prospects were harmed by the scandal.As of May 2014, investigations were underway by the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, the New Jersey Legislature, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A possible investigation by the New Jersey Attorney General was neither confirmed nor denied.".
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