Christie Gives First Interview About Former Allies' Convictions In Bridgegate Trial
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has given his first interview about the guilty verdicts in the Bridgegate scandal.
On Friday, two of Christie's former aides were convicted of creating a major traffic jam at the Fort Lee entrance to the George Washington Bridge for political retaliation in 2013.
Bridget Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, a Christie appointee to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, were found guilty of all counts against them.
Kelly and Baroni were convicted of scheming with former Christie ally David Wildstein to punish Democratic Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for not endorsing Christie when he ran for re-election in 2013. Wildstein pleaded guilty.
FULL CBS NEW YORK BRIDGEGATE COVERAGE
"CBS This Morning" co-host Charlie Rose asked Christie about allegations during trial that he knew about the plot.
Rose: "That's what you're suffering from, that's what the impression is -- that something happened at Bridgegate, at the trial, and the events there have come down on top of you."
Christie: "Of course."
Rose: "In what way?"
Christie:: "The way you just talked about. The fact is that if people -- if the media and others attack you relentlessly for three years, and you cannot defend yourself because you are in the middle of cooperating with the judicial process, and cannot stain that process, then if there is only one line of information, then people will believe the line of information they are being given."
More of the interview will appear on "CBS This Morning" Monday at 7 a.m.
