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Feds: US Supreme Court should turn down 'Bridgegate' appeal
Source: Associated Press
Feds: US Supreme Court should turn down ‘Bridgegate’ appeal
By DAVID PORTER
May 16, 2019
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. solicitor general’s office has recommended that the U.S. Supreme Court not hear the appeal of two convicted defendants in the “Bridgegate” case, nudging the four-year legal saga of New Jersey’s most famous traffic jam toward a conclusion.
“Further review is not warranted,” the brief filed late Wednesday said. The Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to hear the case by the end of its term next month.
Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni want the court to hear the appeal of their 2016 convictions for causing gridlock near the George Washington Bridge to punish a mayor for not endorsing their boss, former Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
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In a brief filed late Wednesday, the solicitor general’s office argued that Kelly, Baroni and co-conspirator David Wildstein duped Port Authority employees into committing time and resources to the scheme by telling them it was a traffic study. Eleven toll workers assigned extra shifts were paid thousands of dollars in overtime they wouldn’t otherwise have earned, the brief contended.
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By DAVID PORTER
May 16, 2019
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. solicitor general’s office has recommended that the U.S. Supreme Court not hear the appeal of two convicted defendants in the “Bridgegate” case, nudging the four-year legal saga of New Jersey’s most famous traffic jam toward a conclusion.
“Further review is not warranted,” the brief filed late Wednesday said. The Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to hear the case by the end of its term next month.
Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni want the court to hear the appeal of their 2016 convictions for causing gridlock near the George Washington Bridge to punish a mayor for not endorsing their boss, former Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
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In a brief filed late Wednesday, the solicitor general’s office argued that Kelly, Baroni and co-conspirator David Wildstein duped Port Authority employees into committing time and resources to the scheme by telling them it was a traffic study. Eleven toll workers assigned extra shifts were paid thousands of dollars in overtime they wouldn’t otherwise have earned, the brief contended.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/a88e16352b69476f8dd73ac678e9e85e
