“I think that he knew that I would be an easy target, and I’m wildly disappointed. Christie was never charged, although Kelly testified — and prosecutors asserted — that he knew of the plan. She said she was heartened to read the New York Post article in 2016 that the president was sympathetic to her. She said she told Christie about the closures in advance, but she could not speak to the governor’s knowledge about possible retaliation. The traffic problems, she said, meant only to refer to what she thought would be a consequence of the study.

Source: Washington Post April 24, 2019 21:50 UTC