A federal judge in Newark is weighing motions to throw out the indictments of Bridget Anne Kelly and William Baroni in the Bridgegate scandal after defense lawyers for the two pitched an assortment of theories to support dismissal of the charges—including that the closures did not constitute a crime.
Kelly’s attorney, Michael Critchley Jr., argued before U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton of the District of New Jersey on April 28 that his client was not on notice that her acts were criminal. He said the residents of Fort Lee were inconvenienced by having to sit in traffic jams that were caused by the closure of access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in September 2013, but his client committed no crime because there is no clearly recognized right to interstate travel.
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