Lawyers grill potential jurors in New Jersey bridge trial

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s personal email must be searched — or he must prove that it already has been — to comply with the state’s public records law, a judge has ruled.

Potential jurors were asked how often they took the George Washington Bridge.

Bill Baroni, who served as Christie’s deputy executive director of the Port Authority of NY and New Jersey, will testify.

Two former allies of Republican Gov. Chris Christie were indicted a year ago on charges they caused gridlock in Fort Lee by closing access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in 2013.

Christie hasn’t been charged, but he could be subpoenaed to testify about the alleged plot in which prosecutors say lanes in Fort Lee were closed for political revenge against a Democratic mayor who didn’t endorse the GOP governor’s reelection bid.

The newspaper also contended that the office did not send over personal emails as originally requested.

Christie “flat-out lied” when he claimed that none of his senior staff were involved in the lane closures, according to Christina Genovese Renna, who worked in Christie’s Intergovernmental Affairs Office.

Jacobson said the newspaper was entitled to the personal emails because the bridge scandal showed Christie used his personal email account for business, according to the report.

The request sought a range of records.