November 03, 2016
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday upheld her decision to advise jurors deliberating in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial that they could convict two former public officials of conspiracy without determining that the defendants intended to punish a mayor, but the reasons behind a pending defense motion for a mistrial remained a mystery.
November 02, 2016
Jurors deliberating in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial were excused earlier than expected on Wednesday afternoon while prosecutors and defense counsel continued to hash out undisclosed legal issues behind closed doors.
November 01, 2016
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday told jurors in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial that they could convict two former public officials of conspiracy without finding that the defendants intended to punish a mayor, but a defense attorney accused the judge of "directing" a guilty verdict.
October 31, 2016
Jurors began their deliberations Monday after hearing opposing arguments from a defense attorney and a prosecutor about the looming yet unseen presence of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at the trial of two former public officials accused of closing lanes to the George Washington Bridge as an act of political retribution.
October 27, 2016
Closing statements were postponed Thursday in the trial of two former public officials over the George Washington Bridge lane closures after a New Jersey federal judge cited an outstanding "legal issue" without further explanation.
October 26, 2016
A prosecutor on Wednesday confronted a former public official on trial over the George Washington Bridge lane closures about how her testimony conflicts with witness accounts that she took part in a revenge scheme against a mayor and later indicated that she did not know anything about the closures.
October 25, 2016
A prosecutor in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial on Tuesday challenged a defendant's claims that she knew about a plan to ignore one mayor, but not a similar scheme against another mayor in light of how she received emails in which the phrase "radio silence" was applied to each official.
October 24, 2016
A former aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fought back tears Monday in recounting her panic and confusion when the governor said publicly he had been unaware of the George Washington Bridge lane closures although she recalled speaking to him about them once before the shutdowns and twice while they were underway.
October 21, 2016
A former aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday denied sending an email to order the closure of lanes to the George Washington Bridge as an act of political retaliation, saying her message was meant to convey that Christie had approved what she believed to be a traffic study.
October 20, 2016
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former top political strategist on Thursday denied that he was told about the alleged political revenge plot behind the George Washington Bridge lane closures, representing the second Christie ally this week to contradict such claims from the government's star witness in the lane-closing trial.