'Bridgegate' Defendants Baroni, Kelly Ask Judge To Postpone Sentencing
Two former aides to Republican Gov. Chris Christie are asking a judge to postpone their sentencing next month.
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Two former aides to Republican Gov. Chris Christie are asking a judge to postpone their sentencing next month.
They wrote in a filing late Tuesday in response to motions by Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni that the evidence was overwhelming.
State Superior Court Judge Bonnie Mizdol reversed the municipal court finding of probable cause and sent the case back to the lower court for a new hearing on the issue.
A judge will hear an appeal today in the citizen's complaint case of official misconduct by Republican Gov. Chris Christie over the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal.
President-elect Donald Trump hires a political adviser New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cut ties with two years ago in the fallout from the Bridgegate scandal.
A New Jersey judge has denied a request for a special prosecutor to be appointed in a criminal misconduct complaint against Republican Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal.
A New Jersey judge says she'll rule by the end of the week on a request to appoint a special prosecutor to consider a citizen's complaint against Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge lane-closure scandal.
Prosecutors said they engineered traffic jams to retaliate against a mayor who didn't endorse Christie in 2013.
The Bridgegate scandal is far from over for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, as state Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) now wants an impeachment proceeding.
The New Jersey governor said in an interview on "CBS This Morning'' that Friday's guilty verdicts against two former aides confirms his belief that only three people were responsible.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has given his first interview about the guilty verdicts in the Bridgegate scandal.
Bridget Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, a Christie appointee to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, were found guilty Friday of all counts against them.
The motion filed Thursday comes a day after attorneys for two former allies of Republican Gov. Chris Christie asked the judge to give new instructions to jurors on the top conspiracy count in the indictment.
Jurors finished a third day of deliberations in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial Wednesday without reaching a verdict.
The jury in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case is asking the judge about an issue at the heart of the government's case.
Michael Critchley cast client Bridget Kelly as a single mother faced with an administration more concerned with keeping Christie's nascent presidential hopes alive than with exposing the truth.
They were scheduled to hear from attorneys on Thursday, but after spending about an hour in her chambers with attorneys for both sides, U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton said an unspecified legal issue had come up.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys didn't comment on what the issue was. Jurors were told to return Friday.
Bridget Kelly testified Tuesday that an email she sent saying "time for some traffic problems'' referred to a traffic study and was not indicative of a political retaliation plot.
Federal prosecutors are cross-examining a former aide to Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who is on trial in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal.
Bridget Kelly is accused of plotting with two other former Christie allies to close lanes on the bridge as revenge against the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee who wouldn't endorse the Republican governor's re-election effort.
Kelly sent the infamous "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" email. She and former Port Authority executive Bill Baroniare charged with nine federal counts in connection to the case.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's court date to answer a citizen's complaint that he failed to put a stop to the closure of lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 has been moved to Nov 23.
Bridgegate defendant Bill Baroni finished up on the stand Wednesday, and another witness testified that Gov. Chris Christie knew of traffic issues caused by the George Washington Bridge lane closures in September 2013.
Bill Baroni, a former executive with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is testifying Monday.
