Bridgegate’s Bridget Kelly Gets Prison Term Cut to 13 Months
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Bridget Anne Kelly, once a top aide to former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, was sentenced Wednesday to 13 months in prison for her role in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal, a reduction of five months from her original term.
Kelly, 46, was convicted at a 2016 trial for her role in a politically motivated scheme to use crippling traffic jams to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, for failing to endorse Christie’s 2013 re-election. Another Christie ally, Bill Baroni, was also found guilty in the case known as Bridgegate. Christie, a Republican, was never charged in the plot to close access lanes to the bridge, though it helped end his presidential ambitions.