Christie fires aide, apologizes for traffic jams

Christie fires aide, apologizes for traffic jams

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Moving quickly to quell a widening political scandal, Gov. Chris Christie fired one of his top aides today and apologized repeatedly for the “abject stupidity” of his staff, insisting he had no idea anyone around him had engineered traffic jams as retribution against a Democratic mayor. “I am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team,” the Republican governor said at a news conference in which he patiently took questions from reporters – and answered in his typically blunt fashion – for nearly two hours.