NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The investigation of politically motivated lane closures of the George Washington Bridge in 2013 heads to court Monday as two former political allies of Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are scheduled to make initial appearances. Christie's former deputy chief of staff, Bridget Kelly, and his former top appointee at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Bill Baroni, were named in a nine-count indictment unsealed Friday after a yearlong investigation. "If David Wildstein was willing to repeatedly lie to settle a petty political grudge, nobody should be surprised at his eagerness to concoct any story that he thinks will help him stay out of federal prison," said Baroni's lawyer Michael Baldassarre. Christie appears to have been cleared of any allegations that he personally participated in the scheme, but the charges brought by the U.S.
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By DAVID PORTER and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Mon, 05/04/2015 - 12:06am
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