U.S. prosecutors have issued subpoenas for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's re-election campaign as part of an on going investigation into the George Washington Bridge traffic jam scandal, The New York Times reported Thursday.
The federal prosecutors also issued grand jury subpoena's to New Jersey's Republican Party, ordering them to give up information relating to the closures of lanes leading up to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee in September 2013.
The information will help investigators determine if any law breaking occurred, the Times reported. But no information has been released as to any specific actions taken by investigators.
"Our office can neither confirm nor deny taking specific investigative actions," Rebekah Carmichael, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, told the Asbury Park Press.
The subpoena's came a week after the New Jersey legislature, also investigating the lane closures, sent out another set of subpoenas to 20 people and organizations who either witnessed or were otherwise involved in the scandal.
"We can confirm that the Christie for Governor re-election campaign and the New Jersey Republican State Committee received subpoenas for documents from the U.S. attorney's office, in addition to the subpoena the campaign previously received from the state legislative committee," Mark D. Sheridan, a lawyer for the campaign, told the Times.
Sheridan said the governor's campaign will fully assist the government and state's investigation.
"The campaign and the state party intend to cooperate with the U.S. attorney's office and the state legislative committee and will respond to the subpoenas accordingly," Sheridan told the Times.
The investigation into Christie's campaign was sparked when evidence indicating that the governor's aides intentionally created traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge leaked earlier this month.
In an email to David Wildstein of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie's deputy chief of staff, said: "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."
The plan to close the lanes was allegedly coordinated in retaliation against the mayor of Fort Lee.
Christie denies his personal involvement in the scandal, saying that he was deeply hurt by the matter, and has since fired Kelly.
