October 19, 2016
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former press secretary on Wednesday rebutted claims that he discussed closing lanes to the George Washington Bridge as an act of political revenge over dinner with the architect of the plan.
October 18, 2016
A prosecutor sparred Tuesday with a former public official on trial over the George Washington Bridge lane closures about whether the defendant lied to a New Jersey legislative committee in 2013 when he testified that the reduction in local-access lanes was part of a traffic study.
October 17, 2016
A former public official on trial over the George Washington Bridge lane closures took the stand Monday and testified that the mastermind behind the scandal led him to believe that the closures were for a traffic study, rejecting claims that he took part in a political revenge scheme against a local mayor.
October 14, 2016
A former chief counsel to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Friday that the governor told him that he did not recall speaking with two former public officials about the George Washington Bridge lane closures before a 9/11 memorial service at the World Trade Center site in 2013.
October 11, 2016
A defense attorney in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial suggested Tuesday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke with one defendant about the lane closures before they occurred and while they were underway, and that he later lied to his senior staff when he yelled at them to provide information about the matter.
October 06, 2016
A former member of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration testified Thursday at the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial that she used a "poor choice of words" when she said the governor lied during a press conference about his senior staff not being involved in the alleged political payback scheme, saying she did not know whether he did or not.
October 05, 2016
A defense attorney in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial suggested Wednesday that the mastermind behind the scandal was lying about the two defendants to secure a lighter sentence for himself in the same way that he told a police union leader to falsely claim the lane closures were his idea.
October 04, 2016
The mastermind behind the George Washington Bridge lane closures testified Tuesday at the trial of two former public officials that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie discussed issuing a report that falsely claimed the politically motivated closures were for a traffic study.
September 30, 2016
An attorney for a former public official on trial over claims that she ordered the George Washington Bridge lane closures for political retribution confronted the government's star witness Friday with an email showing that the defendant was "confused" about a newspaper column on the lane closures.
September 29, 2016
A defense attorney in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial took aim Thursday at how the two defendants were not included together on emails, text messages or phone calls with the architect behind the scandal, as part of an effort to undercut claims that the three of them conspired in an act of political revenge.