A redacted transcript of a damning set of text messages between former staffers working for Governor Chris Christie was unsealed on Wednesday. In one exchange, from December 13, 2013, the pair discuss a press conference the governor was giving about the still-developing George Washington Bridge lane closing scandal. “Are you listening?” Christina Renna, who worked in part of the governor’s office focused on his re-election campaign, wrote. “He just flat out lied about senior staff and [campaign manager Bill] Stepien not being involved.”

David Wildstein, a former Port Authority official and longtime ally of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, is expected to plead guilty to unspecified charges today for the closing of several lanes of the George Washington Bridge in 2013, the New York Times reports.