Delish! After a hit by the Donald, Chris Christie has become a mob of one

[malaise]

http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/11/after_a_hit_by_by_the_donald_chris_christie_has_be.html
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I suspect one reason mob movies are so popular is that they mirror what happens in real life, just on a more brutal scale.

Typical was the scene (see below) in the 1990 classic "Goodfellas" in which the character played by Jersey's own Joe Pesci is told that he is going to become a made man in the Mafia.

He is instead summarily dispatched with a shot to the back of the head because he did something that displeased the big boss.

That's what happened to our governor last week - on a symbolic level of course.

Chris Christie didn't cross the Don, but he did cross the Donald. So soon after celebrating Trump's election Tuesday as the capo di tutti capi of America, Christie learned that he was unceremoniously dispatched as head of the Trump transition team.

Exactly what Christie did to upset Trump was not made public, but my sources inside the Republican Party say that it was a collection of offenses.

Among the offenses was Christie's effort to put some space between himself and Trump after that "Access Hollywood" video came out with all of those rude remarks about women by the Donald. At a time when Trump needed defenders, Christie called those remarks "indefensible."

Then there was the Bridgegate trial, which took up most of the final month of the campaign.
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It's fun watching this scumbag destroyed - Bridgegate will haunt him to the grave or the prison -whichever comes first.

[trotsky]

1. "Bridgegate will haunt him to the grave"

As well it should. A vicious, nasty, petty decision to abuse his power, negatively impacting a large number of innocent people, just to spite a political opponent.

[malaise]

4. Spiting the opponent was only one part of it

The bigger picture was to make him favorite for Presidential Candidate for the ReTHUGs. Couldn't happen to a more deserving scumbag.

[trotsky]

8. True, they have become the party of obstruction, vindictiveness, and spite. n/t

[malaise]

10. Yes

I'll never forget how they plotted to block Obama

[malaise]

17. And it's far from over

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/bridgegate_investigators_fire_special_counsel_dema.html#incart_river_home
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Lawmakers want to target Christie

Two New Jersey lawmakers who helped investigate the bridge scandal say questions over Christie's role remain unanswered.

The demand that Jenner & Block refund taxpayers is the latest in a series of Democratic attacks sparked by the Bridgegate trial's guilty verdicts.

Last month, Weinberg called for the New York-based firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher to refund the $8 million the Christie administration paid for a March 2014 report exonerating the governor after federal court testimony contradicted its findings.

And last week, she called on Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) to initiate impeachment proceedings against Christie for his alleged involvement in Bridgegate.

The law firm was first hired in early 2014 as special counsel to an the Assembly Transportation Committee chaired by Wisniewski to look at the Port Authority's role in the Fort Lee access lane closures in September 2013, later revealed to be an act of political retribution against the town's mayor for not endorsing Gov. Chris Christie's re-election.

The firm was retained when the investigation into the lane closures was transferred to a joint Senate and Assembly committee co-chaired by Wisniewski and Weinberg.

But late in 2014, just as the committee's investigation was wrapping up its interim report, United Airlines became a target in a federal criminal investigation into Port Authority chairman Samson, according to a source with knowledge of the case who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter and requested anonymity.

[Solly Mack]

2. That has been a pleasure to behold.

[malaise]

9. I hope he does right down to the prison

This isn't over yet

[lonestarnot]

3. What he did was prosecute the fucking yammering yam's son-in-law's nazi real estate mogul daddy.

Someone else did the work, but bus eater got the credit.

[malaise]

6. Well the father is a criminal

That was clear.

[lonestarnot]

11. I don't disagree, and the same son in law wants top secret clearance. Douche doesn't fall far from

the bag. That is the point. They are all criminals!

[malaise]

12. That is the point

They are all criminals +1,000

[lonestarnot]

13. I guess we should learn their fucking names. LOL or maybe not.

[monmouth4]

5. Finally some decent and interesting tv...n/t

[malaise]

7. Yes it was one tiny moment

in a bad week

[yallerdawg]

14. And then there's this "Sicilian thing."

Trump's son-in-law - Ivanka's husband - had a vendetta against AG Christie for the prosecution of his father.

And now, all Christie associates are purged.

Oh, yes, please!

"All the king's men..." bring down presidencies!

[malaise]

15. The greedy fool was well set up

Sicilian is the word. The godfather would smile.

[yallerdawg]

16. Hey - everything you need to know is in the "Godfather."

Including what to do with the gun and the cannoli!

[malaise]

18. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

First good laugh for a while

[njcpa1978]

19. Bannon and Kushner

Bannon only knows revenge and conspiracy so likely that tweety bird is in DT's right ear. Christie put Kushner's dad in jail. You think that isn't in DT's left ear. And of course as our NJ Governor I am able to say Christie is a piece of shit, so I would dump him anyway. And no, I never voted for him.

[malaise]

22. I'd pay to be a fly on the wall in his house

[secondwind]

20. Apparently, Christie was instrumental in putting Jared Kushner's father behind bars for 2 years. n/t

[malaise]

21. DUers raised that from Christie was named

and they did wonder-amazing how easily Cons can be conned.

I hope he ends up in prison.

[trof]

23. I think he was the prosecutor.