Uh-oh is right
Things are heating up, in a big way:
The U.S. Attorney in New Jersey has convened a grand jury to investigate
the involvement of Governor Chris Christie¹s office in the George
Washington Bridge scandal, ABC News has learned. [...]
The convening of the grand jury is evidence that the U.S. Attorney¹s
investigation has progressed beyond an inquiry and moved to the criminal
phase.
The grand jury, which will meet for up to the next 18 months, has the
power to indict, subpoena and interview witnesses without their
attorney's present.
This marks for the first time confirmation that what started out as a
preliminary inquiry into the governor¹s office has now become a criminal
investigation into the activities that led to gridlock traffic across
the bridge from Manhattan in Fort Lee.
Today, grand jurors heard testimony from Christie press secretary Mike
Drewniak, a key figure in the Bridgegate scandal‹though Drewniak,
through his attorney, insists he's not a target of this newly heightened
investigation. As Jeff Smith has pointed out, the biggest threat
Christie faces is not political (despite what the Joe Scarboroughs of
the world might think) but legal. And that legal threat just became a
whole lot more serious.