Christie and the Bridge: A Political Scandal Made for Netflix

New Jersey Republican governor and likely 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie had just wrapped up his morning workout on Wednesday when he got a call that plunged him into the biggest scandal of his career. Some of his staffers and his appointees at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had decided in September to give the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., the week from hell — and now the world knew.

Emails from a Christie aide to an official at the Port Authority show they orchestrated a massive four-day traffic jam in Fort Lee all because the borough's mayor, Mark Sokolich, refused to support the governor's reelection bid. Christie has repeatedly denied his staff had any involvement in the scandal, and although he still says he had no idea, the governor has now changed his tone, saying he was misled and is appalled by the behavior. Read more...