The plot continues to thicken in the controversy over the traffic-snarling secret closure of George Washington Bridge local entrance lanes in September.

The explanation that the lane closures were done as part of a traffic study conducted by Port Authority appointee David Wildstein, a close ally of Gov. Chris Christie, have been exposed as just too bizarre to believe by a probe by the state Assembly transportation committee.

And so, an explanation that once seemed utterly ridiculous - that the lanes were closed to create traffic havoc in the town of Fort Lee as some sort of political retribution against the town's Democratic mayor - has actually emerged as the only logical explanation.

There's plenty of hypocrisy to go around. Democrats, a party who for years have loaded the Port Authority with patronage appointees, are suddenly aghast at the specter of possible political meddling at the agency. And Gov. Chris Christie, so quick to verbally bludgeon teachers union officials, school superintendents and anyone else running afoul of his good government standards is sloughing off a boondoggle officials say actually created a threat to public safety.

On today's Ledger Live video, we go to the videotape to dissect the bizarre twists and turns in the ongoing controversy.

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