The Bridgegate Scandal, involving New Jersey governor, Chris Christie, acquired national attention last fall. On Sept. 9, lanes on the George Washington Bridge, located in Fort Lee, NJ were closed, forcing traffic, including school buses to go through one toll. There were several emails and phone calls exchanged that incriminated the Christie administration, who claimed that the bridge was closed for a “traffic study.”

This scandal was followed by a series of press conferences-where Gov. Chris Christie claimed he had nothing to do with the Bridgegate Incident-and announcements regarding terminated employees who were involved.

The law firm, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher was hired by Christie to investigate the incident and has recently cleared Christie of all charges as of March 28.

“It’s a search for the truth and we believe we have gotten to the truth. What we found was Christie had no involvement in the decision to close these lanes, and no prior knowledge of it.” said Randy Mastro, a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher lawyer in an interview with wwwNJ.com .

“Lawyers hired by and paid by the Christie administration itself to investigate the governor’s office, who then say the governor and most of his office did nothing wrong, will not be the final word on this matter,” Assemblyman John Wisniewski and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said in an interview with Reuters.

While Christie has been formally cleared of all charges, suspicions may still remain.

Michael Critchley, attorney of Bridget Kelly, Chrisite’s deputy chief of staff, said on March 27, in an interview with www.NJ.com that “The only credible investigation into the lane closings is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office”

“If he hired them he could have told them to cover it up. It suspicious. He’s a shady guy,” freshman Hope Murphy, said

“They have been given unfettered access to governor’s office staff, documents and other forms of communication to ensure they are able to provide as exhaustive a report as possible and to make substantive recommendations for improvements, as warranted,” Maria Comella, Christie’s deputy chief of staff for communications and planning said in an interview with www.NJ.com .

However, despite these apparent setbacks, Christie’s plans to run for president in the 2016 presidential election have not slowed down. In an interview with Ny Daily News, Christie said that he didn’t have too much “baggage” to run:

“If you don’t have baggage they’ll create baggage for you. That’s politics in America today. In the end people don’t judge you on that stuff. People look into your eyes and they try to decide what’s in here and that’s how they vote. They vote for what they believe is in your heart. And can they trust you?”