Kelly maintained on Friday that she believed the lane closings to be part of a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey traffic study. The self-described mastermind of the plot, Wildstein has said the traffic study was just a cover story. Kelly testified that Wildstein told her the traffic study would cause “tremendous traffic problems” in Fort Lee, but would ultimately help traffic flow. “I’m pretty sure if I said it’s time for a traffic study in Fort Lee, we wouldn’t all know each other,” Kelly said. At the 13 December 2013 news conference, Christie told reporters that no one in his administration other than Wildstein knew about the closings.

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2016 21:12 UTC