One of the defendants in the case stemming from the “Bridgegate” scandal is reupping his bid to get $4 million in legal fees paid for by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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$13,194 to Alston & Bird for representation of the governor's office in a municipal complaint filed in Bergen County by Bill Brennan. Christie is expected to announce his second presidential campaign next week, nearly a decade after the most notorious scandal of his governorship.overturned those convictions“Not every corrupt act by state or local officials is a federal crime," Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the unanimous decision. "Because the scheme here did not aim to obtain money or property, Baroni and Kelly could not have violated the federal-program fraud or wire fraud laws.
“Mr. Baroni’s legal team achieved the same defense result for him for a lower total cost, at only $4 million,” his lawyer, Michael A. Levy, wrote in a letter to the court. “We believe New Jersey’s agreement to pay Ms. Kelly’s legal fees here supports Mr. Baroni’s position that a public official who is wrongly prosecuted for non-criminal conduct is entitled to reimbursement of legal fees.”
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