The trial was to begin May16, but delays and extended arguments made that impossible. Watch video
NEWARK -- A federal judge Wednesday made official what lawyers involved in Bridgegate case had predicted.
The trial date has been moved back to September. The trial had been scheduled to begin May 16.
According to the order signed by U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton, the case against the two remaining defendants in the case over the politically motivated traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge now will begin with a pretrial conference on Sept. 7, and jury selection to begin Sept. 8.
The trial is scheduled now to begin Sept. 12, according to the order.
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The trial had already been re-scheduled previously. The case involves mounds of documents and motions filed by lawyers for defendants Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly and there are still briefs to be filed.
Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Kelly, the former Deputy Chief of Staff for Gov. Chris Christie, are accused of plotting to cause massive traffic jams in Fort Lee as a way to punish Mayor Mark Sokolich for failing to endorse Christie's re-election effort in 2013.
Another former Port Authority official and ally of Christie, David Wildstein, pleaded guilty to charges in the case.
Lawyers for Baroni and Kelly are scheduled to file more briefs March 28 in support of their effort to have the charges dismissed.
Lawyers for the government and the defendants will be in court again April 28 for a status conference and further arguments.
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