Prieto: New bridge hearings unlikely to yield new details
New Jersey Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto says new legislative hearings in the George Washington Bridge lane-closure scandal are unlikely to yield new information.
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Court date set for Christie’s appeal of bridge complaint
A judge has set a court date for Republican Gov. Chris Christie's appeal of a resident's complaint that Christie failed to stop the closure of vehicular lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013, allowing a traffic nightmare to ensue for days.
2 ex-Christie aides convicted in bridge plot want new trial
Two former aides to Republican Gov. Chris Christie convicted in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case filed for a new trial Friday, a week after a federal jury found them guilty on all counts in a scheme to use gridlock to punish a political opponent.
A bridge too far? Trial reinforces New Jersey’s poor image
If the state that brought you Abscam (fake sheikhs bribing politicians), Bid Rig (rabbis laundering money, more bribes to politicians) and other instances of political corruption was looking for an image makeover, this was not it.
Payback plot for bridge traffic was ‘cruel,’ prosecutor says
Prosecutors in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case used their closing arguments Friday to again display for jurors the infamous email at the heart of the case as they sought to prove that two former allies of Republican Gov. Chris Christie purposely created gridlock in a political payback scheme.
Defense rests in bridge trial of 2 former Christie allies
The defense rested Wednesday in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case, with a former aide to Gov. Chris Christie implying that others who have testified in the trial may have suffered from selective amnesia because of their connections to the two-term Republican governor.
George Washington Bridge closed by protesters
The protesters chained themselves together, demanding "equal rights for immigrants and political power for marginalized communities."
Christie used billion-dollar agency to boost his campaign, Bridgegate witness says
NEWARK — Republican Gov. Chris Christie's office used the bistate agency that runs the New York area's bridges, tunnels, ports and airports as a clearinghouse for political favors aimed at gaining endorsements from local Democratic politicians, a witness testified Friday in the fraud trial of two former Christie allies...
Christie, Wildstein at center of Bridgegate trial’s opening day
Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly are finally standing trial for Bridgegate -- but the focus on opening day was frequently on David Wildstein, who already pleaded guilty
Christie knew about Bridgegate as it happened, prosecutors say
During opening statements for the Bridgegate trial, prosecutors said the NJ governor learned about the scheme during a 9/11 memorial ceremony that took place on the third day of the lane closures.