New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's US presidential ambitions ran into a jam when he was forced to admit his staff lied to him about their role in blocking commuter traffic onto a major bridge.

Christie, a larger-than-life Republican seen as a frontrunner for his party's 2016 presidential nomination, said he had been "embarrassed and humiliated" by the alleged dirty tricks.

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