By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:59 EST, 16 February 2014 | UPDATED: 22:59 EST, 16 February 2014 A childhood friend of embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been dragged into the Bridgegate scandal, with emails revealing he gave a key Port Authority official a tour of the traffic chaos. In the latest twist, emails show Port Authority police officer Thomas 'Chip' Michaels was on the George Washington Bridge with David Wildstein, the official who ordered the road closures, when the disaster unfolded. The messages also reveal Michaels was aware of the plan to flood Fort Lee with traffic the day before the controversial lane closings in September last year and kept Wildstein updated.
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Emails reveal Lt. Thomas 'Chip' Michaels, a Port Authority police officer, took David Wildstein on a tour of George Washington Bridge during debacle
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Michaels grew up with Chris Christie in Livingston, New Jersey, and recently coached the Governor's son in hockey
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The messages, reported today by MSNBC, also show Michaels was aware of the plan to flood Fort Lee with traffic
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Michaels' brother is New Jersey Republican power broker Jeffrey Michaels
Its fkd up here (sic),' Michaels, a 15-year Port Authority officer, told @placeholder in a text before the tour.