New Jersey Bridge-Conspiracy Figure Urges Judges to Keep Name Mum
- U.S. appeals court hears ‘John Doe’ lawyer’s arguments
- Media say public should learn names of those in bridge plot
Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, speaks with an aide at a Donald Trump rally in Columbus, Ohio, on March 1, 2016.
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A lawyer for a mystery man who prosecutors said joined a plot to snarl traffic at the George Washington Bridge urged federal appeals judges to keep his identity secret, despite news organizations’ push for his name.
Releasing the list of uncharged co-conspirators would expose “John Doe,” as his attorneys call him, to having his reputation and career needlessly ruined, his lawyer, Jenny Kramer, argued Monday at the U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia. John Doe filed an emergency appeal after a federal judge in Newark, New Jersey, ordered the release of the list last month.