This is not the end of it. The US Attorney still needs to evaluate his part in this. The State Legislature tried to act to protect the people and bring out what may have been a very nasty situation a mayor faced. There is nothing wrong in trying especially if the people were looking for more facts.
I am grateful the judge upheld the 5th amendment even in the face of all the frustration surrounding this event. It is important to know the USA Constitution still means something.
I suggest the State Legislature address the problems noted in the State of the State speech. I am confident they are as alarmed about the graduation rate in Camden as anyone.
April 09, 2014 at 4:08 PM
updated April 09, 2014 at 4:18 PM
Christopher Baxter
Star Ledger
TRENTON — A state judge (click here) today ruled that two figures central to the Legislature's investigation of the George Washington Bridge lane closings do not have to comply with subpoenas to turn over records related to the scandal.
State Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson issued the 98-page ruling just past 4 p.m. denying the committee's request to force Bridget Anne Kelly, Gov. Chris Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Stepien, his two-time campaign manager, to comply....
..."Under these circumstances, it is reasonable for Mr. Stepien and Ms. Kelly to fear that they currently face the hazard of prosecution int he concurrent federal investigation," she wrote, adding that the act of production "could provide a 'link in the chain of evidence needed to prosecute the claimant for a federal crime.'"...
I am grateful the judge upheld the 5th amendment even in the face of all the frustration surrounding this event. It is important to know the USA Constitution still means something.
I suggest the State Legislature address the problems noted in the State of the State speech. I am confident they are as alarmed about the graduation rate in Camden as anyone.
April 09, 2014 at 4:08 PM
updated April 09, 2014 at 4:18 PM
Christopher Baxter
Star Ledger
TRENTON — A state judge (click here) today ruled that two figures central to the Legislature's investigation of the George Washington Bridge lane closings do not have to comply with subpoenas to turn over records related to the scandal.
State Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson issued the 98-page ruling just past 4 p.m. denying the committee's request to force Bridget Anne Kelly, Gov. Chris Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Stepien, his two-time campaign manager, to comply....
..."Under these circumstances, it is reasonable for Mr. Stepien and Ms. Kelly to fear that they currently face the hazard of prosecution int he concurrent federal investigation," she wrote, adding that the act of production "could provide a 'link in the chain of evidence needed to prosecute the claimant for a federal crime.'"...
