Two top allies to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Friday were convicted of involvement in a scheme to close down lanes on the George Washington Bridge to exact political retribution.
Bill Baroni, a Christie appointee to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Bridget Kelly, Christie’s former deputy chief of staff, were convicted on charges including conspiracy, fraud and deprivation of civil rights.
The New Jersey jury spent the past week deliberating over nine charges — Kelly and Baroni faced five charges together, while each faced two additional individual counts.
In a statement, Christie said that he is “saddened by the choices made by Bill Baroni, Bridget Kelly and David Wildstein” but professed his innocence and promised to “set the record straight in the coming days regarding the lies that were told by the media and in the courtroom.”
“Let me be clear once again, I had no knowledge prior to or during these lane realignments and had no role in authorizing them,” he said.
“No believable evidence was presented to contradict that fact. Anything said to the contrary over the past six weeks in court is simply untrue.”
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#BREAKING: Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly guilty on all counts in #Bridgegate trial https://t.co/eEZAfPUG1C pic.twitter.com/IcO4pTYj17
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) November 4, 2016
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