Bridgegate trial: What if Kelly implicates Christie on the stand?

[TexasTowelie]

NEWARK — The hint came in the midst of a routine cross examination of a government witness in the Bridgegate trial.

Michael Critchley, the prominent defense attorney, was grilling one of Gov. Chris Christie's senior aides on the stand in the Newark courtroom on Tuesday about the 2013 lane closures at the George Washington Bridge.

"Did you know that Bridget Kelly and the governor had discussions about the governor's knowledge of the lane closures before they occurred?" Critchley asked Deborah Gramiccioni, Christie's former deputy chief of staff.

"Did you know that Bridget Kelly and the governor had discussions about the lane closures during the occurrence of the lane closures?" the attorney pressed.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/bridgegate_trial_is_kelly_about_to_implicate_chris.html

[saltpoint]

1. Don't know what will happen, but a couple

years back, Christie looked to be the odds-on favorite for the Republican nominee.

Things sure can change fast, can't they, Governor?

[rocktivity]

2. There's a special legal term for being unable to defend yourself

without implicating someone else:

GUILTY.


rocktivity

[TexasTowelie]

3. Ah yes,

and feel free to add this to the Christie crime thread.