Bridge Jam Judge Delays Closing Arguments Over ‘Legal Issue’
- Wigenton says summations now scheduled for Friday in Newark
- Baroni, Kelly deny they created gridlock as political payback
Vehicles drive over the George Washington Bridge on Aug. 16, 2011, in New York City.
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A federal judge delayed closing arguments in the George Washington Bridge lane-closings trial over a “legal issue” that she didn’t identify.
After meeting privately with lawyers, U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton told jurors Thursday to go home and return on Friday. Prosecutors had been scheduled to summarize their case against Bridget Anne Kelly, a former deputy chief of staff for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and Bill Baroni, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.