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GWB Defendants Face Tough Appeal Over Jury Instruction

By Bill Wichert (November 4, 2016, 11:07 PM EDT) -- Former public officials found guilty Friday in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial seem poised to appeal over an instruction that jurors could convict them of conspiracy without finding that they intended to punish a mayor, but attorneys say that will be no easy task since the government didn't have to prove a motive....

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