The governor had thousands of trees, bushes, and bushes illegally cut behind his $7.5 million home

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont had thousands of trees and bushes illegally chopped behind his sprawling $7.5 million Greenwich home — despite publicly championing a statewide effort to plant more greenery.

Gov. Ned Lamont was hit with a citation for cutting down trees and bushes in protected wetland areas behind his $7.5 million Greenwich, Connecticut home.