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142. Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly GUILTY on ALL counts

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 12:17 PM

Nov 2016

NJ.com: In a seven-week trial that saw their own words used against them, Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly were convicted of helping orchestrate massive traffic tie-ups at the George Washington Bridge in September 2013. The plot was hatched to send a pointed message to Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, after he stepped back from his earlier public support of Gov. Chris Christie...

The jury began reading its findings just before 11:30 a.m. and delivered their guilty decisions in rapid fire. Baroni and Kelly were charged on nine counts, and faced five of them together. The other four charges were split evenly, two each for the defendants.

Baroni stared at the jury stoically as the verdicts were read. Kelly cried and continued to sob as she heard the word guilty repeated time and again. Neither defendant stood as the verdicts were read...(They) face a maximum of 20 years in prison, but are likely to serve far less under federal sentencing guidelines...

I'm very pleased to hear that the defense "no motive, no crime" tactic failed, along with what I suspect was an effort among a juror or two to turn Kelly into a damsel in distress.

May there be a Volume Five or Six: "Christie's Prosecution!" with a side order of Gibson Dunn's prosecution, too!

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Fabulous thread malaise Sep 2016 #1

They're Coming Out Swinging.... Laxman Sep 2016 #2

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No Live Coverage... Laxman Sep 2016 #9

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This Is Unlike Anything I Have Seen.... Laxman Sep 2016 #7

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Didn't Christie say that he barely knew Wildstein? dmr Oct 2016 #88

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She was thrown under the bridge malaise Sep 2016 #13

this is the guy who is demanding that legal marijuana users in 3 states be thrown in prison. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #14

kick for the evening crowd malaise Sep 2016 #15

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Fashionably Late..... Laxman Sep 2016 #21

The Cover Stories.... Laxman Sep 2016 #23

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Good malaise Sep 2016 #26

Former Port Authority Director Patrick Foye..... Laxman Sep 2016 #29

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