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A published report said the U.S. Attorney's office in Newark is "near-certain" to indict several former officials of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Christie Administration, in the hope they will testify against Gov. Chris Christie in the Bridgegate scandal.

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The Bridgegate-related indictment of political allies of Gov. Chris Christie on federal corruption charges is a near certainty, with prosecutors launching a second grand jury intent on pressing defendants to testify against the governor, according to a published report quoting unnamed sources.

An article posted by Esquire today quotes two anonymous sources it says are familiar with an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office in Newark into the September George Washington Bridge lane closures.

A broadening criminal investigation stemming from the closures is being led by Christie's successor as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Paul Fishman.

The Star-Ledger could not confirm the report. The U.S. Attorney's Office had no comment.

"One source expects Fishman to return some indictments as soon as next month," the article states. The article names David Wildstein and Bill Baroni, both former Port Authority officials, and Bridget Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff and Bill Stepien, Christie’s former campaign manager, as the targets of the indictments.

The article discounts Christie's attempts to put the scandal behind him by declaring it "over" and appearing in a comic dance sketch on NBC's Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week.

Rather, the article asserts, Christie is in danger of being fingered by his own former appointees to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey or former members of his administration.

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