The indictment charging Baroni and Kelly has nine counts overall, each face 7 counts.
NEWARK -- Jury deliberation in the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal criminal trial will continue Tuesday morning after jurors deliberated for less than an hour yesterday.
Jurors left the courthouse shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday, the start of the seventh week of the trial, after hearing more than five hours of closing arguments.
Bridget Anne Kelly, Gov. Chris Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, the governor's top appointee to the Port Authority, were charged in a nine count indictment for their alleged roles in the 2013 lane closures at the George Washington Bridge.
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David Wildstein, Baroni's second in command, pleaded guilty to crimes related to his role. He admitted in court the closures were a political revenge scheme to punish Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for not endorsing Christie's 2013 re-election bid.
Baroni and Kelly each face seven counts that carry up to a maximum of 20 years in jail, although under federal sentencing guidelines they would likely serve far less even if found guilty on all counts.
The nine counts are as followed:
Count 1
Charges Baroni and Kelly with conspiracy to obtain by fraud, knowingly convert and intentionally misapply property of the Port Authority, an organization receiving federal benefits.
The count charges Baroni and Kelly agreed with Wildstein and with each other to take unauthorized control of Port Authority property and misuse it. The property they allegedly misused falls into two categories: Physical property and money.
The physical property they are accused of misusing are the local access lanes and the toll booths. The money they are accused of misusing stems from the time and services of Port Authority employees related to scheme, including the employees' salaries and the overtime paid to toll booth operators to manage the single toll booth.
Count 2
Charges Baroni and Kelly with the substantive offense of obtaining by fraud, knowingly converting and intentional misapplying property of the Port Authority.
The count goes beyond the conspiracy and/or agreement, and relates to the actual misuse of Port Authority resources. Like the previous count, the property they are accused of misusing falls into two categories: Physical property and money.
Count 3
Charges Baroni and Kelly with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Refers to the alleged conspiracy to commit wire fraud, or lie, in order to obtain Port Authority property.
Count 4 & 6
Charges Kelly with wire fraud.
The charges are tied to Kelly's emails. Count 4 charges Kelly for her "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" email on Aug. 13, 2013, and Count 6 charges her for a subsequent email allegedly tying her to the scheme.
Count 5 & 7
Charges Baroni with wire fraud.
The charges are tied to Baroni's emails. Count 5 charges Baroni for his email to Wildstein indicating that Mayor Sokolich had called about an urgent matter in Fort Lee. Count 7 charges Baroni for forwarding an email from Sokolich to Wildstein about the alleged scheme.
Count 8
Charges Baroni and Kelly with conspiracy against civil rights.
Refers to the conspiracy that Baroni and Kelly allegedly agreed on together with Wildstein.
Count 9
Charges Baroni and Kelly with depriving the residents of Fort Lee of their civil rights.
The charge accuses the defendants of conduct that "shocks the conscience," which means Baroni and Kelly had to willfully act to deprive Fort Lee residents of their rights.
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