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(FILES) New Jersey Governor Chris Christie delivers remarks at a victory rally in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in this October 9, 2012 file photo. Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's high hopes for a 2016 presidential bid took a jolt January 8, 2014 as top aides were accused of blocking a bridge as political payback. The incident was apparently sparked when Mark Sokolich, the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, refused to endorse Christie in his reelection bid last year. Several lanes of the busy George Washington bridge, linking the state and New York City, were closed for days during the campaign in September, triggering massive traffic jams into Sokolich's city. Christie, known for a down-to-earth and at times in-your-face frankness, is widely seen as one of his party's likely presidential frontrunners to try to succeed President Barack Obama. That means he is already under national scrutiny.Yet stunning emails published by NBC in New York and The New York Times showed that three weeks before the lane closures, an aide to Christie had suggested it. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON / FILES
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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JIM WATSON |
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9 Ianuarie 2014 |
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