U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Tuesday toward two associates o...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Tuesday toward two associates of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who are seeking to have their convictions in the “Bridgegate” scandal overturned in a case focusing on what kinds of political acts can be prosecuted as criminal fraud.
The scandal centered on Christie’s team engineering traffic chaos on the world’s busiest bridge to punish a local mayor who refused to endorse his gubernatorial re-election bid. Christie denied involvement and was not charged. The scandal marred Christie’s reputation, damaged his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination and contributed to low public approval ratings in his home state.The justices wrestled with whether changing a bridge’s traffic lane patterns was akin to other types of government misconduct, citing examples like a mayor asking public employees to paint his house or snow plow his street before others.
Conservative Justice Samuel Alito, a New Jersey native and former federal prosecutor in the state, was among those tough on the prosecution, although he also appeared dissatisfied at what Kelly and Baroni’s lawyers argued.A ruling in favor of Kelly and Baroni could make it harder to prosecute public officials for certain political acts.
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