President Donald Trump said Monday that he would let the Justice Department decide whether to revisit former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s involvement in the 2013 Bridgegate scandal, adding that he believes Christie “got away with murder.”
Trump’s new comments on the matter came during a press gaggle in the Oval Office one day after he floated revisiting the scandal that resulted in convictions for two of Christie’s former staffers.
Christie has long denied involvement in the lane closures of the George Washington Bridge, which were allegedly orchestrated by aides — former deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly and former top Port Authority official Bill Baroni — to punish the Democrat mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, for not endorsing Christie’s reelection bid.
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