A day after a Port Authority executive resigned amid the growing Bridgegate scandal, Donald Trump’s son-in-law sent him a note wishing him the best, according to a new report.
Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and top advisor, emailed David Wildstein on Dec. 7, 2013, to tell his old friend he was in his corner.
“Just wanted you to know that I am thinking of you and wishing the best. For what it’s worth, I thought the move you pulled was kind of “bada−−,” wrote Kushner, according to an email obtained by the Washington Post.
Kushner’s father, Charles, was a Port Authority commissioner who resigned in 2003 as questions swirled about campaign contributions he made to New Jersey Democrats which may have violated conflict-of-interest laws.
A spokesman for Kushner Cos. told the Washington Post that the email was simply a “poorly worded way of Jared trying to cheer up an old friend.”
The missive comes to light weeks after insiders told The Post that Chris Christie was dumped from his role on the Trump transition team due in part to his handling of Bridgegate — lane closures which prosecutors said were an act of political retribution against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, a Democrat who refused to support Christie’s re-election bid.
Wildstein pleaded guilty on May 1, 2015, to conspiracy to commit fraud and conspiracy against civil rights in US District Court in Newark.
On Aug. 13, 2013, Wildstein, a childhood friend of Christie, received a text message from the governor’s then-deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, that said: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”
“Got it,” Wildstein, then the Port Authority exec, replied.
Days before the presidential election, Kelly and another former Christie aide, Bill Baroni, the governor’s appointee at the Port Authority, were found guilty of all seven charges against them, including conspiracy to misuse Port Authority resources and infringing on citizens’ civil rights.