Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election campaign and the Republican state party have received federal subpoenas in connection to the closing of lanes leading into the George Washington bridge, the Post has learned.
The subpoenas went out in the past few days, a source said.
“All three subpoenas focus on the closure of lanes on the George Washington Bridge. The campaign and the state party intend to cooperate with the U.S. Attorney’s office and the state legislative committee and will respond to the subpoenas accordingly,” said attorney Mark Sheridan, who is representing the campaign and the state party.
Christie has been embroiled in controversy since emails surfaced showing that then-Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly in August told David Wilstein, a Port Authority official appointed by Christie: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”
The governor has apologized for the scheme and fired Kelly for lying to him about what she did.
He also forced two-time campaign manager Bill Stepien, who was looped in on some emails, to cancel plans to be named the next New Jersey state Republican chairman over his role in the fiasco.
The campaign and state party have also been subpoenaed by a Legislative committee investigating Bridgegate. Those subpoenas are more broad than what the feds have asked for, sources said.
In addition to the lane closures, the federal subpoenas seek any documents that reference Kelly, Wildstein, or Port Authority deputy director Bill Baroni.
Baroni, a Christie appointee, resigned last month following testimony he gave to lawmakers in Trenton that the lanes were closed for a traffic study. That testimony was contradicted by Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye, who told lawmakers he was unaware of any traffic safety study being conducted on the bridge in September.