christina genovese renna. it was her e-mail that proved that governor christie didn't tell the truth when he said his staff knew nothing about it during the lane closures. she released a statement through her lawyer saying she resigned her position effective this past friday. in the statement, miss renna professed her continuing respect and admiration for the governor. he said nothing about the ongoing scandal being a cause for her leaving. she said, instead, she'd been considering leaving the governor's office anyway for a long time since maybe back to the election but decided she would go now. she decided specifically that her last day would be the day that david wildstein made the allegation that governor christie knew about the lane closures on the bridge while they were still under way. the governor denies that, but his staff definitely did know. and that e-mail from september 12th from christina renna not only proves it, it now raises important questions. look at the e-mail. "dear bridget, this afternoon

this time it's christina genovese renna, who reported to bridget kelly in the governor's office. renna has announced as of this weekend that she has resigned from the governor's office. all of that, and we have not so much as dipped a toe in the whole other river of news about the christie administration having to do with this story, specifically related to questions about the way the christie administration has handled federal disaster money sent to the state after hurricane sandy and whether or not the administration divvied that money up fairly or whether there were politics in play. we're going to be taking a dive into some of those questions tomorrow night on that with our own steve kornacki. steve kornacki has been >>> we have breaking news tonight on several fronts in the investigation of governor christie and his administration. bridget anne kelly, the author of the smoking gun e-mail on the traffic problems in fort lee, has announced through her attorney that she is invoking the fifth amendment against self-incrimination. governor christie himself made news tonight in an

it was sent from christina genovese renna, director to bridget anne kelly, deputy chief of staff. he's the one who ordered "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." during the shutdown of those lanes while ft. lee was still a traffic catastrophe, christina renna writes to bridget kelly, "dear bridget, this afternoon evan received a call from mayor sokolich, the mayor of ft. lee. the mayor's extremely upset about the reduction of toll lanes from three to one. not hoonly is it causing backup in town, but first responders are having a horrible time maneuvering in traffic because it's so severe. the mayor told evan that he has no idea why they did this but there's a feeling in town there's government retribution. he can't understand that that would be the case because he's supportive of the governor. evan told the fine mayor he was unaware the toll lanes were closed but could see when he could find out." this was an e-mail during the bridge shutdown. it's to bridget kelly who worked in the governor's office and who we now know ordered the bridge shutdown. it's from christina renna.

christina genovese renna left the job friday. >> elaine quijano is here with the latest. >> reporter:he agency in charge of the bridge. facing the threat of prosecution, he is now turning on his former ally suggesting that the governor wasn't forthcoming about his role in the bridge scandal. one day after david wildstein made his allegations, governor chris christie launched a counter attack. his office circulated an e-mail asailing the credibility of his former classmate. among other things, the e-mail said wildstein was publicly accused by his high school social studies teacher of deceptive behavior and david wildstein will do and say anything to save david wildstein. still, the possibility that the governor may have known about the lane closures was enough to subdue even one of his staunchest defender rudy giuliani. >> i think the governor knows the consequences. if he's lying, it's a really bad situation. if he's not lying, then something very unfair is being done to him. >> wildstein's accusation became public in a letter sent by his lawyer friday saying evidence exists tying mr.