NEWARK, N.J. — One of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s top political advisers says he told him that two of his staffers knew about the George Washington Bridge lane closings before the governor said no one in his administration knew.
Mike DuHaime testified Friday that he told Christie before a December 2013 news conference that his then-deputy chief of staff, Bridget Kelly, and campaign manager, Bill Stepien, knew about the lane closures.
Christie has denied he had any knowledge about the lane closures, and hasn’t been charged. A spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kelly then took the stand to testify in her own defense.
She is on trial along with another former Christie ally whom prosecutors say launched the bridge closings as revenge against a mayor who wouldn’t endorse Christie.
