TRENTON — State Sen. Richard Codey said today that some Democrats tried to quash an investigation into the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal to protect Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

Codey (D-Essex), a former governor who will become the longest-serving legislator in Trenton on Tuesday, said today that while the state Assembly was ramping up its investigation on the massive traffic jam — eventually finding that several people in Christie's office were involved — there was "an intense campaign" by some Democrats to stop it in its tracks.

"People know that there was an effort by certain Democratic circles to have this thing not see the light of day," Codey said today.

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