Well if U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman's indictment is any guide, it was quite a lot.
Full text of Wildstein indictment
courierpostonline.com -- May 1, 2015
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2. From in or about August 2013 to in or about December 2013, in the District of New Jersey and elsewhere, defendant DAVID WILDSTEIN knowingly and intentionally conspired and agreed with others, including Baroni and Kelly, to obtain by fraud, otherwise without authority knowingly convert to their use and the use of others, and intentionally misapply property owned by and under the care, custody, and control of the Port Authority, with a value of at least $5,000, contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(I)(A).
THE OBJECT OF THE CONSPIRACY
3. The object of the conspiracy was to misuse Port Authority property to facilitate and conceal the causing of traffic problems in Fort Lee as punishment of Mayor Sokolich.
SUMMARY OF THE CONSPIRACY
4. In or about August 2013, after Kelly confirmed that Mayor Sokolich would not be endorsing Governor Christie for reelection in November 2013, defendant WILDSTEIN and others, including Baroni and Kelly (the "Conspirators"), decided to punish Mayor Sokolich by deliberately causing significant traffic problems in Fort Lee through a reduction in the number of the Local Access Lanes-all under the false pretense of a traffic study.
5. Between the mornings of September 9, 2013 and September 13, 2013, the Conspirators caused the Local Access Lanes to be reduced from three to one so that only one toll booth, instead of the usual three, was accessible, to the Local Approach. To maximize the congestion and thus the punitive impact on Mayor Sokolich, the Conspirators caused these lane and toll booth reductions to start on the first day of the school year in Fort Lee, without any advance notice to Mayor Sokolich, the Fort Lee Chief of Police, and the residents of Fort Lee.
Just as the Conspirators had intended, the lane and toll booth reductions resulted in significant traffic in Fort Lee, both for motorists intending to access the GWB from the Local Approach and for the residents of Fort Lee, whose streets were choked with traffic backing up from the Local Approach.
6. To enhance the effectiveness of their scheme, the Conspirators decided that any questions about the lane and toll booth reductions from Mayor Sokolich and other Fort Lee officials would be disregarded. To that end, the Conspirators purposely ignored communications from Mayor Sokolich, including his pleas for help, requests for information, and repeated warnings about the increased risks to public safety.
7. Throughout the course of the conspiracy, the Conspirators concocted and promoted a sham story that reducing the number of lanes and toll booths accessible to the Local Approach was for a traffic study. They created and continually advanced this cover story so that they could use Port Authority property, including the time and services of unwitting Port Authority personnel and other resources, to implement the lane and toll booth reductions and to conceal the Conspirators' true punitive purpose.
MANNER AND MEANS OF THE CONSPIRACY
8. To carry out the conspiracy and to effect its unlawful object, defendant WILDSTEIN and others, including Baroni and Kelly, engaged in a variety of means and methods including, among others, those described below.
9. Between in or about March 2011 and on or about August 12, 2013, defendant WILDSTEIN had separate discussions with Baroni and Kelly about how they could use the Local Access Lanes as leverage against Mayor Sokolich.
10. Prior to on or about August 12, 2013, Kelly expressed disappointment to defendant WILDSTEIN that Mayor Sokolich was not likely to endorse Governor Christie, despite IGA [Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs] employees' efforts to obtain that endorsement. In response, defendant WILDSTEIN told Kelly that they could use the Local Access Lanes to cause traffic problems in Fort Lee whenever it would be advantageous to do so.
11. On August 12, 2013, Kelly telephoned an employee of Governor Christie's reelection campaign who previously, as an IGA employee, had sought Mayor Sokolich's endorsement (the "Campaign Employee"). Kelly asked the Campaign Employee to confirm that Mayor Sokolich would not be endorsing Governor Christie. After the Campaign Employee confirmed that information, Kelly responded that it was all she needed to know.
12. On August 13, 2013, having confirmed that Mayor Sokolich would not be endorsing Governor Christie for reelection, Kelly instructed defendant WILDSTEIN by email to implement their plan to punish Mayor Sokolich: "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."
Defendant WILDSTEIN acknowledged his assent by responding, "Got it," and communicated Kelly's instruction to Baroni. Baroni agreed that defendant WILDSTEIN should use the Local Access Lanes and the time and services of Port Authority personnel to cause traffic problems in Fort Lee.
13. Soon thereafter, Kelly confirmed for defendant WILDSTEIN that Mayor Sokolich was not endorsing Governor Christie for reelection and that the changes to the Local Access Lanes and resultant traffic problems in Fort Lee would punish Mayor Sokolich for not endorsing. Both Baroni and defendant WILDSTEIN agreed to use the lanes for that purpose. To maintain consistency in dealing with Mayor Sokolich, Kelly also conveyed to certain IGA employees that they should no longer interact with him.
14. Reflecting their punitive purpose, on August 19, 2013, Kelly and defendant WILDSTEIN exchanged the following text messages regarding a rabbi, who, like Mayor Sokolich, had fallen into disfavor:
SOURCE TEXT
WILDSTEIN CELL ''And he [the rabbi] has officially pissed me off'
KELLY CELL "Clearly"
KELLY CELL "We cannot cause traffic problems in front of his house, can we?"
WILDSTEIN CELL "Flights to Tel Aviv all mysteriously delayed"
KELLY CELL "Perfect"
15. Baroni, Kelly, and defendant WILDSTEIN agreed to use the cover story of a traffic study as a justification for unwitting Port Authority personnel whose services would be used to implement the changes to the Local Access Lanes and as a means of concealing the true punitive purpose of the plan. They further agreed that defendant WILDSTEIN would enlist the services of the Port Authority Engineering department to make the traffic study cover story seem legitimate.
16. Subsequently, defendant WILDSTEIN falsely told a Port Authority engineer (the "Engineer") that, to assess the traffic flow at the GWB upper level toll plaza, defendant WILDSTEIN was planning to remove the traffic cones that segregated the Main Line from the Local Approach. At defendant WILDSTEIN's direction, the Engineer and a Port Authority traffic engineer (the "Traffic Engineer") presented defendant WILDSTEIN with several alternative scenarios for altering the Local Access Lanes. In one such scenario, all of the traffic on the Local Access Lanes would merge from three lanes down to one and funnel into one toll booth. This single toll booth would service motorists using both cash and E-Z Pass, leaving no lane accessible to the Local Approach that would be dedicated for E-Z Pass users. Defendant WILDSTEIN recommended that the single access lane and toll booth scenario would generate severe traffic problems in Fort Lee and inflict harsh punishment on Mayor Sokolich; Baroni and Kelly agreed.
17. Defendant WILDSTEIN had separate discussions with Baroni and Kelly regarding the timing of the lane and toll booth reductions. Baroni recommended against implementing the reductions in August when travel was traditionally lighter and the punitive impact would be lessened. Baroni, Kelly, and defendant WILDSTEIN agreed that implementing the lane and toll booth reductions on September 9, 2013, which they knew was the first day of school for children in Fort Lee, would intensify Mayor Sokolich's punishment.
18. To maximize the punitive impact of the lane and toll booth reductions, Baroni, Kelly, and defendant WILDSTEIN agreed not to give Mayor Sokolich and other Fort Lee officials advance notice. The lack of advance notice would prevent Fort Lee officials, including Fort Lee police officers, from preparing for the changes, and would keep Fort Lee residents and GWB commuters from altering their routes. They further agreed that the Port Authority and IGA would direct any resulting inquiries by Mayor Sokolich or other Fort Lee officials to Baroni as the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority. They also agreed that Baroni would then deliberately ignore Mayor Sokolich and any other Fort Lee officials who inquired about the reductions.
19. To minimize the risk of detection or leaks, Baroni, Kelly, and defendant WILDSTEIN agreed that Port Authority personnel would be given short notice to implement the lane and toll booth reductions. Even though they had agreed for some time to start the reductions on Monday, September 9, 2013, at 6:00 a.m. - in time for the morning rush hour - defendant WILDSTEIN, with the agreement of Baroni and Kelly, purposely waited until Friday, September 6, 2013, to order Port Authority personnel to implement the reductions.
20. During his communications with Port Authority personnel in preparation for the lane and toll booth reductions, defendant WILDSTEIN - consistent with his discussions with Baroni and Kelly - falsely claimed that the lane and toll booth reductions were for a traffic study. Based on this misrepresentation, Port Authority personnel took steps to implement the reductions and to assess their impact on traffic.
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COUNT I
(Conspiracy to Obtain by Fraud, Knowingly Convert, and Intentionally Misapply Property of an Organization Receiving Federal Benefits)
THE DEFENDANT
1. During the time period relevant to Count I of the Information:
A. Defendant DAVID WILDSTEIN ("defendant WILDSTEIN") was the Director of Interstate Capital Projects for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the "Port Authority"). Defendant WILDSTEIN was an associate of William E. Baroni, Jr. ("Baroni"), the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority and its second highest ranking executive, and Bridget Anne Kelly ("Kelly"), an employee of the Office of the Governor of the State of New Jersey (the 44Govemor's Office") who served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs ("IGA"). In or about May 2010, Baroni hired defendant WILDSTEIN for his Port Authority position, which defendant WILDSTEIN held until his resignation from the Port Authority became effective on or about December 13, 2013.
Notwithstanding his title, defendant WILDSTEIN operated as Baroni's chief of staff and as the second highest ranking New Jersey executive at the Port Authority. Defendant WILDSTEIN was an agent of the Port Authority, within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(d)(l).
OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES
B. Baroni was appointed as the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority by the Governor of the State of New Jersey, Christopher J. Christie, in or about February 2010, and served in that position until his resignation on or about December 13, 2013.
As the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority, Baroni, together with the Executive Director of the Port Authority (the "Executive Director"), was responsible for the general supervision of all aspects of the Port Authority's business, including the operations of Port Authority transportation facilities. Baroni was an agent of the Port Authority, within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(d)(l).
C. Kelly served as Deputy Chief of Staff for IGA from in or about April 2013 to on or about January 9, 2014. Prior to that appointment, Kelly was the Director of IGA, reporting to the previous Deputy Chief of Staff for IGA.
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Both Kelly and Baroni have entered pleads of
Not Guilty.
Kelly's Lawyer suggests that to prove that his defendant is "not a liar" that he may have to subpoena Chris Christie under oath, regarding his claims that "She lied to me."
This could get very interesting before all is said and done.