Christie Camp Held Sandy Relief Money Hostage, Mayor Alleges

SHOCK REPORT: Christie Camp Allegedly Held Sandy Relief Money Hostage
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the Statehouse in Trenton. The Christie administration stands accused of closing lanes on the George Washington Bridge, linking New York and New Jersey, in order to create a huge traffic backup as retribution against a local mayor for not endorsing the governor?s reelection. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Two senior members of Gov. Chris Christie’s administration warned a New Jersey mayor earlier this year that her town would be starved of hurricane relief money unless she approved a lucrative redevelopment plan favored by the governor, according to the mayor and emails and personal notes she shared with msnbc.

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