The unanswered ‘Bridgegate’ questions
By: Maggie Haberman, Politico.com
January 12, 2014 06:58 AM EST
Political scandals thrive on open questions, and Chris Christie’s Bridgegate has plenty.
The political world was rocked last week when the New Jersey governor dismissed two of his advisers after emails showed they were involved in shutting down lanes at a heavily-trafficked bridge in an apparent act of political retribution.
Christie dismissed the aides and apologized profusely at a marathon news conference, but a new trove of documents released Friday related to the closures showed the scandal is far from over. Here are POLITICO’s ten unanswered questions that could shape how the story unfolds:
1) What’s the end point?
For Christie, the open-ended nature of the situation is dangerous. He can’t calibrate a strategy because it’s not clear when it will be over. And he acknowledged he’s uncertain about what more might come out.
The old saying about ripping the band-aid off fast has applied at no point during the scandal. The documents released last week showed that Port Authority officials and Christie’s own staff blew off media inquiries asking what was going on at the time of the closures, and for weeks afterward.
(More here.)
January 12, 2014 06:58 AM EST
Political scandals thrive on open questions, and Chris Christie’s Bridgegate has plenty.
The political world was rocked last week when the New Jersey governor dismissed two of his advisers after emails showed they were involved in shutting down lanes at a heavily-trafficked bridge in an apparent act of political retribution.
Christie dismissed the aides and apologized profusely at a marathon news conference, but a new trove of documents released Friday related to the closures showed the scandal is far from over. Here are POLITICO’s ten unanswered questions that could shape how the story unfolds:
1) What’s the end point?
For Christie, the open-ended nature of the situation is dangerous. He can’t calibrate a strategy because it’s not clear when it will be over. And he acknowledged he’s uncertain about what more might come out.
The old saying about ripping the band-aid off fast has applied at no point during the scandal. The documents released last week showed that Port Authority officials and Christie’s own staff blew off media inquiries asking what was going on at the time of the closures, and for weeks afterward.
(More here.)
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