February 03, 2016
Gibson Dunn, the firm New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hired to investigate the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal, was accused Wednesday of withholding key documents in a related federal criminal case against a former ally of the governor.
February 02, 2016
Two former allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie implored a New Jersey federal court on Monday to drop criminal charges against them in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal because prosecutors had "invented" violations of the law just to take action on a high-profile case.
January 19, 2016
The federal government on Friday blasted a bid by a former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive facing criminal charges over the closure of George Washington Bridge access lanes to reveal the names of unindicted co-conspirators, saying federal guidelines caution against unnecessary identification.
January 13, 2016
One of the figures battling criminal charges over the closure of George Washington Bridge access lanes slammed a federal government attempt to keep unindicted, alleged co-conspirators in the case under wraps, arguing in a letter Tuesday that there's no court rule or statute shielding that information from disclosure.
January 08, 2016
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Friday asked a court overseeing the Bridgegate case to seal a Gibson Dunn-related email exchange among agency officials, including a former higher-up charged in the scandal, contending the exchange is unrelated to the case's allegations of illegal political retribution.
December 23, 2015
A former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official charged in the Bridgegate scandal blasted the agency's attempts to seal a memo from outside counsel Gibson Dunn, arguing Wednesday the contents directly linked to the case and fell outside a protective order.
December 16, 2015
A judge on Wednesday accused Gibson Dunn of gamesmanship in its internal investigation of George Washington Bridge access lane closures but granted the firm's bid to quash a subpoena seeking more information from that probe, which former officials facing criminal charges over the scandal argued would help their defense.
December 03, 2015
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey fought to seal and recover a memo produced in a criminal case over the George Washington Bridge lane closures, arguing Thursday that the document contains Gibson Dunn's privileged advice and is unrelated to the charges.
November 25, 2015
The government argued Tuesday that it has met its discovery obligations in the criminal case against former New Jersey and Port Authority officials allegedly responsible for cutting access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, denying that it has hobbled the defense with a "document dump."
November 12, 2015
A former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive stole a hard drive that was subpoenaed as part of the Bridgegate investigation and kept it for a period of time before turning it over to the government, according to motions filed Tuesday in federal court.