Panel Says No Evidence Governor Christie Involved in Lane Closures

Governor Christie appears to be off the hook in the 'Bridgegate' lane closures incident that happened on the George Washington bridge last year.

A state of New Jersey panel found no evidence that he was involved.

As reported at yahoo.com:

"At present, there is no conclusive evidence as to whether Governor Chris Christie was or was not aware of the lane closures either in advance of their implementation or contemporaneously as they were occurring," the report said, according to NJ Advance Media.

"Nor is there conclusive evidence as to whether Governor Christie did or did not have involvement in implementing or directing the lane closures," it added.

Critics believed that Christie's allies shut the lanes to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, a Democrat, for failing to endorse the governor's re-election bid but Christie has adamantly denied knowing about the incident at the time or being involved.