Report: Charges Against Gov. Christie's Associates Could Be Possible In Bridgegate Case
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - People close to the Bridgegate case tell The New York Times that charges in the case might be possible against associates of Gov. Chris Christie under a section of fraud law involving the use of property.
As WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported, in this case the property being the George Washington Bridge used for alleged political payback.
Report: Charges Against Gov. Christie's Associates Could Be Possible In Bridgegate Case
The measure has been used to raise the misdeeds of local officials to federal charges in the past, Murnane reported.
However, Quinnipiac University School of Law Adjunct Professor John Pavai says it's a mixed bag.
"Many of these convictions have been overturned because you have to show some level of awareness by the actual person being prosecuted," Pavia said
Investigators, according to The New York Times sources, have been asking questions indicating they're searching for a political cover up.
Republican lawmakers on Monday accused Democrats of unlawfully leaking documents during the legislative probe into the 2013 lane closures at the George Washington Bridge and cast the committee's work as overtly political.
The four Republican members of the Democrat-led legislative panel probing Gov. Chris Christie's connection to the traffic jams unveiled their own 119-page report Monday, just before the panel approved releasing the group's report to the public.
Gov. Christie, a possible 2016 presidential candidate, is expected to reveal his political plans in the new year.
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