List of people involved in the Fort Lee lane closure scandal

The Fort Lee lane closure scandal, also known as the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal or Bridgegate,^[1][2] is a political scandal in the United States, involving the closure of access to toll plazas on the George Washington Bridge to deliberately create traffic congestion in Fort Lee, New Jersey for political reasons.^[3][4] Three people were indicted, with several named coconspirators, who names have not been released.^[5]

Key people

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich

Person[6]	Role	Notes
Port Authority (PA)
Bill Baroni	Deputy Executive Director (Appointed by Christie)	Resigned on December 13, 2013; was David Wildstein's supervisor, has been accused of collaborating in the planning and coverup the toll lane closures.
Patrick "Pat" Foye	Executive Director (Appointed by Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo)	Wrote email critical of closures and ordered re-opening of the local toll lanes on September 13, 2013.
David Samson	Chairman of the PA Board of Commissioners (Appointed by Christie) Partner in Wolff & Samson law firm	Was involved in the aftermath, as shown in a series of subpoenaed written communications; Samson's law practice generated complaints of conflict of interest with his PA role; resigned on March 28, 2014.
David Wildstein	Director of Interstate Capital Projects (Recommended by Christie; hired by and worked under Baroni)[7]	Ordered PA staff to close the lanes and make no disclosures to Fort Lee officials or the public. Resigned on December 13, 2013. His position was eliminated on February 4, 2014.[8]
Office of the Governor
Chris Christie	Governor of New Jersey	Claimed no knowledge of his aides' involvement until he read about it in the media on January 8, 2014; a law firm hired by Christie cleared him of involvement, but it has been widely criticized.
Michael Drewniak	Press Secretary to Christie	Responded to media inquiries at the governor's office and at the PA. Testified before a federal grand jury on April 4, 2014.
Regina Egea	Director of the Authorities Unit	Received the Foye email on September 13, 2013; was scheduled to replace O'Dowd if his nomination to State Attorney General was confirmed by the NJ Senate.
Bridget Anne Kelly	Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Authored August 13, 2013, email to Wildstein: "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee"; fired by Christie on January 9, 2014.
Charlie McKenna	Chief Counsel to Christie	Ran Dec 2013 investigation into governor's office involvement (with O'Dowd); became director of NJSDA that month and was replaced by Christopher Porrino,[9] purportedly the "Charlie" in subpoenaed texts and emails.
Kevin O'Dowd	Chief of Staff to Christie	Ran governor's office investigation (with McKenna); nominated in December 2013 for State Attorney General; January confirmation hearing was postponed due to potential conflict since he ran Christie's investigation.
Bill Stepien	Christie's political consultant and election campaign manager (including governor elections in 2009 and 2013); Former Deputy Chief of Staff for intergovernmental affairs (prior to Fort Lee scandal events)	Removed by Christie on January 8, 2014, as political adviser, and nominee for Republican Party State Chairman for NJ, due to the tone of his comments in subpoenaed emails. Stepien then worked for FLS Connect (a Republican voter contact consulting firm in Minnesota with previous ties to Christie),[10] and for GOPAC (a Republican 527 organization).[11]
State and Federal Investigators
Paul J. Fishman	United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey	Opened an inquiry in January 2014; in 2009, sworn into his position, which had been held by Christie in 2008.
Reid Schar	Special counsel to a joint special investigative committee for the New Jersey Legislature	To assist the committee in the legal aspects of their investigation; Jenner & Block, Schar's law firm, represented Assembly Democrats in New Jersey's legislative redistricting battles of 2011 and 2001.[12]
Loretta Weinberg	Co-chair of a joint special investigative committee for the New Jersey Legislature	State Senate majority leader (Democrat); On January 27, 2014, the New Jersey Senate and Assembly voted to create a joint committee in order to take over the investigation from the Assembly Transportation Committee.
John Wisniewski	Co-chair of a joint special investigative committee for the New Jersey Legislature and chair of Assembly Transportation Committee	Deputy speaker and Democratic member of the Assembly; started committee hearings in Nov 2013 and subpoenaed documents that identified key figures and their actions in the toll lane closures and alleged cover-up.

Legal representation for key people and organizations

Client[13][14]	Legal Representatives	Notes and Key Credentials
Port Authority (PA)
Bill Baroni	Michael B. Himmel,[15] a partner at the New York and Roseland, New Jersey offices of Lowenstein Sandler	Himmel was the attorney for Solomon Dwek, who was as an informant in Operation Bid Rig III that brought down several New Jersey politicians[16]
David Samson	Michael Chertoff, "senior of counsel" at the Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling; Angelo J. Genova,[17] senior partner, chairman, and co-founder of the Newark law firm Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster	Chertoff is a former U.S. Attorney and Secretary of Homeland Security; his consulting firm received a Port Authority no-bid contract to review its security; Genova had served on the PA Board of Commissioners[18]
David Wildstein	Alan L. Zegas, a criminal defense attorney, at Chatham, New Jersey-based Law Offices of Alan L. Zegas[19]
Philip Kwon	Geoffrey S. Berman, co-managing shareholder of the New Jersey office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP[20][21]	Berman worked as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in the early 1990s and was the associate counsel to the independent prosecutor investigating Iran-Contra for the government during the late 1980s.[22]
Office of the Governor
Christie's Office of the Governor (and five staff members)	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, including partner Randy M. Mastro, based in the firm's New York office[23]	Hired in January 2014, after disclosure of subpoenaed documents from the New Jersey Transportation Committee, in order to aid in an investigation for the governor's office and respond to "appropriate" official inquiries[24]
Bridget Anne Kelly	Michael Critchley, Sr.,[25] founder of the Roseland, New Jersey-based firm Critchley, Kinum & Vazquez	Replaced Walter F. Timpone, who cited a conflict of interest as Christie's appointed vice-chairman of the Election Law Enforcement Commission[26]
Bill Stepien	Kevin Marino,[27] a principal and founder of Chatham, New Jersey-based Marino, Tortorella & Boyle[28]
Other Persons or Organizations
Christie's 2013 re-election campaign	Patton Boggs, including partner Mark D. Sheridan, in Newark[29][30] until that office closes and moves to Florham Park, New Jersey[31]	Official name for re-election campaign was Chris Christie for Governor Inc.
New Jersey Republican State Committee	Patton Boggs, including partner Mark D. Sheridan	The firm serves as general counsel for the Republican State Committee[29]
Mark Sokolich	Timothy M. Donohue, a criminal defense attorney and partner at Arleo, Donohue & Biancamano, LLC, in West Orange, New Jersey	Donohue, to be paid by Fort Lee, has represented public officials in state and federal jury trials. Mayor Sokolich acquiesced to the request by the borough attorney and council for this "prudent" arrangement as a contingency.[32]

New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation

On January 21, 2014 Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski and State Senate majority leader Loretta Weinberg, whose district includes Fort Lee, announced that the Senate and Assembly committee investigating the matter would merge into the bi-partisan joint New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation, which they would co-chair and would have12 members. While the committee initially focused on the Bridgegate scandal, it had the power to investigate other allegations against the Christie administration.^[33][34] On January 24, 2014 the members of the bi-partisan committee were announced; eight Assembly representatives, including five Democrats and three Republicans, and four Senators, including three Democrats and one Republican. At the time, 40% of the members of the New Jersey Legislature were Republican. Besides the two Democratic co-chairs, members included Assemblywoman Marlene Caride (D-Bergen), Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris), Senator Nia Gill (D-Essex), Senator Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex), Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald (D-Camden), Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth), Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle (D-Bergen), Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-Bergen), Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer), and an unnamed Republican Senator.^[35] On January 27, both houses voted unanimously to combine the investigations,^[36] maintaining the partisan balance, and announced Kevin O'Toole's (R-Essex) inclusion^[37] despite his mention in a December 5 email from Wildstein to Michael Drewniak.^[38] Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-4th Legislative) District subsequently replaced Watson.^[39]

United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey

In some cases the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey asked the Legislative Select Committee on Investigation to delay in calling witnesses in connection with its own investigations in the lane closures and other matters.^[40][41]

Governor's Office staff subpoenaed by the Joint Legislative Committee

Governor's Office staff subpoenaed by the Joint Legislative Committee[13][42][43]
Office of the Governor	Custodian of Records	Also subpoenaed by US Attorney[44][45]
Jeanne Ashmore	Director of Constituent Relations
Maria Comella	Communications Director
Nicole Crifo	Senior Counsel to the Authorities Unit	Requested by US Attorney Office to postpone taking testimony[41]
Michael Drewniak	Spokesman, Governor's Office	Testified May 13, 2014[46] Testified April 4, 2014 in US Attorney Office investigation[47]
Regina Egea	incoming Chief of Staff	Testified July 17, 2014.[48][49][50][51]
Rosemary Iannacone	Director of Operations
Bridget Anne Kelly	former Deputy Chief of Staff	5th amendment
Paul Matey	Deputy Chief Counsel
Charles McKenna	former Chief Counsel to the Governor	Requested by US Attorney's Office to postpone taking testimony[41]
Kevin O'Dowd	Chief of Staff	Testified June 9, 2014[52][53][54]
Barbara Panebianco	Executive Assistant to Bridget Anne Kelly
Christopher Porrino	Chief Counsel
Colin Reed	Spokesman
Christina Genovese Renna	Director of Departmental Relations, Governor's Office	Testtified May 6, 2014[55]
Evan J. Ridley	Aide, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Christie for Governor and campaign associates subpoenaed by the Joint Legislative Committee

Governor's Office staff subpoenaed by the Joint Legislative Committee[13][56][57]
Christie for Governor, Inc	re-election campaign
Michael DuHaime	political adviser to Christie	[58][59]
Nicole Davidman	GOP fundraiser	[60]
Matt Mowers	Campaign staff Former Aide, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs	Tesified May 20, 2014[61]
Bill Stepien	former Campaign Manager for Christie Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Governor	5th amendment

PANYNJ officials invited to testify/subpoenaed by the NJ Legislature committees

PANYNJ officials interviewed/subpoenaed by the NJ Legislature committees[62][13][63]
Bill Baroni	Deputy Executive Director	Interviewed (not under oath) November 25, 2013 Assemby Transportation Committee[64][65] Video and testimony documents subpoenaed by US Attorney January 2015.[66][67]
Matthew Bell	Special Assistant to Baroni
Steve Coleman	Deputy Director of Media Relations
Phillipe Danielides	Senior Adviser to Chairman	[68]Requested by US Attorney Office to postpone taking testimony[41]
Gretchen DiMarco	Assistant to Baroni	[68]
Robert Durando	General Manager GWB	Testimony (not under oath) December 9, 2013 Assembly Committee on Transportation[69]
Pat Foye	Director	Testimony (not under oath) December 9, 2014 (not under oath) Assembly Transportation Committee[69][70] Testimony Select Committee on Investigations postponed at request of US Attorney[71][72]
Cedrick Fulton	Director of Bridges, Tunnels and Terminals	Testimony (not under oath) December 9, 2013 Assembly Committee on Transportation[69][73]
Philip Kwon	Deputy General Counsel	Requested by US Attorney Office to postpone taking testimony[41] Subpoenaed by US Attorney[20]
Cristina Lado	Director for Government and Community Affairs
John Ma	Chief of Staff to Foye
Mark Muriello	Assistant Director of Tunnels, Bridges and Terminals
Paul Nunziato	PA police officer and PBA president	Requested by US Attorney Office to postpone taking testimony[41]
David Samson	Chairman	Initially complied with release of some documents later cited Fifth Amendment[74][75][76]
William “Pat” Schuber	Commissioner	Tesitified June 3, 2014 Select Committee on Investigations[77]
Arielle Schwarz	Special Assistant to David Wildstein
David Wildstein	Director of Interstate Capital Projects	Documents submitted December 19, 2013[78] Testimony January 9, 2015 Assemby Transportation Committee citing Fifith Amendment[79]

See also

• Governorship of Chris Christie

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