New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at a town hall meeting in Union City, New Jersey, on February 9, 2011. Photo: Luigi Novi via Wikimedia Commons.

Washington Post – Influential Republicans in early presidential primary states believe New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is poised to once again become a frontrunner for the party’s 2016 nomination, following a news report that federal scrutiny of a bridge-closing scandal has not implicated him.

“If he had been found in the wrong, he would have been irreparably damaged,” said Matt Moore, chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. “This is hugely helpful.”

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