The Supreme Court seemed prepared Tuesday to reverse the convictions of two state officials behind the Bridgegate scandal.
, the deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls the bridge. The jury found that they shut down two of three bridge lanes coming out of Fort Lee, New Jersey, as political payback.
"The object of this deception was not to obtain property. The object was to create a traffic jam. The object was to benefit people politically," Justice Elena Kagan said."The object of the scheme was not to commandeer lanes on the bridge," he said."The object was to cause a traffic jam in Fort Lee." "The government is filled with rules. And there are numerous instances where a person might say something untrue about something related to a rule that gives him authority for that," Justice Stephen Breyer said."I don't see how this case works."
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