BRIDGEGATE: Judge Finds Probable Cause For Official Misconduct Charge Against NJ Gov. Chris Christie

NBC News reports:

A judge has found probable cause for a complaint of official misconduct against Gov. Chris Christie related to the George Washington Bridge closure. The case now goes to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, which will determine if the case will lead to an indictment.

Attorneys representing Christie declined to comment on the case. It comes weeks after activist Bill Brennan filed a complaint of official misconduct in the second degree in late September. Brennan said he filed the complaint in part because the fallout of the 2013 lane closures cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

Brennan said his criminal complaint of the governor was over the government’s star witness David Wildstein’s accusation that the governor knew by midweek about the lane shutdowns for political retaliation against Fort Lee’s mayor, as well as the governor’s subsequent failure to seek criminal prosecution of his staffers once he found out.