The lanes still were being used for a public purpose and not to benefit either defendant, the attorneys argued. Yaakov Roth, representing Kelly, said Tuesday even though the pair’s conduct “wasn’t a model of public service,” they received no personal benefit from realigning the lanes. His account of when he knew about the scheme was contradicted during the fall 2016 trial by Kelly, Baroni and others. Wildstein was the recipient of Kelly’s infamous “Time for traffic problems in Fort Lee” email a month before the traffic jams. Wildstein was sentenced to probation and now publishes a news website focusing on New Jersey politics from his home in Florida.

Source: National Post April 24, 2018 03:56 UTC