On Aug. 13, 2013, Bridget Kelly, a top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, emailed a Port Authority official, writing: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.” About a month later, during the first week of school, some local access lanes and toll booths on the Fort Lee side of the George Washington Bridge were closed, creating a five-day traffic jam and ensuing political scandal. Now the trial of Ms. Kelly, former deputy chief of staff to Mr. Christie, and Bill Baroni, former deputy executive director of the...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 17, 2016 09:22 UTC