'Heartbroken' Christie Fires Top Aide, Apologizes for Bridge Scandal

A series of emails and documents linked New Jersey GovChris Christie to the mysterious closure of two lanes onto the George Washington Bridge on Wednesday, part of a plot orchestrated by close Christie aides to create a traffic gridlock allegedly for political revenge

Following this revelation, Christie faced the cameras on Thursday at the New Jersey State House in the state capital of Trenton, at a press conference during which he addressed the scandal labeled as "Bridgegate." Ahead of the conference, the New York Times reported that the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey will open an inquiry into the lane closure incident. Read more...