Good news for Gov. Chris Christie as the New Jersey Legislature “has cleared” the governor in its probe of the alleged “politically motivated” move to intentionally create traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge,” colloquially known as #Bridgegate:
New Jersey Legislature Clears Gov. Chris Christie In Bridge Scheme http://t.co/i5d2RNsNgG
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) December 5, 2014
Keep in mind the investigation was run by Democrats who would have loved to implicate Christie in all of this:
Christie is cleared–by a Democrat-led committee. http://t.co/aUqrHlMjcQ
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 5, 2014
BUT, an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s office is ongoing:
Despite conclusion of legislative investigation, Christie will not be free of Bridgegate unless Fishman clears him: http://t.co/WXvtVj0bbd
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) December 5, 2014
Christie isn’t completely out of the woods, but it’s still good news. And good news brings snark:
Sure, GOP is allegedly obsessed with Benghazi, but normal to keep investigating lane closure.http://t.co/5uCtIAAtEY pic.twitter.com/Ft0SkmaXa8
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/540859280535355392
https://twitter.com/Tark31/status/540743967680126976
@reeltexas Old story. Investigation ended today found no lane blockage, no wrongdoing by Christie. I retweeted to gloat.
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) December 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/540858545324171264
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/540856538152574977
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RT @JammieWF: Non-Story of the Year: GWB Probe Finds No Link to Christie, MSNBC Hardest Hit http://t.co/ml4uHrfWxI
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) December 5, 2014
And yes, MSNBC is the “hardest hit”. Ha!
More zingers from Gabriel Malor:
Remember when MSNBC did a live 11pm special on the Christie #bridgegate scandal? https://t.co/sDMkmCNAcY
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 5, 2014
Remember when TPM wanted your help to dig through #bridgegate documents from the Dem-led legislative inquiry? https://t.co/szBqIctPWq
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 5, 2014
Or that time when NYTimes stealth-edited a piece to retract the claim that Gov. Christie knew about #bridgegate. https://t.co/CmyUPcVQBY
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 5, 2014
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