What is ‘Bridgegate’? Things to know as the trial begins
NEWARK, N.J. — It’s provided material for late-night talk show monologues and even made its way into a Jeopardy answer.
Now, three years after a series of epic traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge — spanning Fort Lee, New Jersey, and Manhattan — introduced “Bridgegate” into the lexicon, 12 jurors will decide whether it was a criminal conspiracy fueled by political revenge.
The federal fraud and civil rights trial against two former allies of Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie begins Monday.
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