Hearing over special prosecutor set in Christie bridge case
Source: Associated Press
Updated 11:23 pm, Tuesday, November 29, 2016
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge is set to hear arguments in a citizen's complaint against Republican Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington lane-closure scandal.
Superior Court Judge Bonnie Mizdol will hear arguments Wednesday over Wayne resident William Brennan's request for a special prosecutor.
Brennan, a former Teaneck firefighter and attorney by training, alleged in a criminal complaint that Christie violated the state's official misconduct statute by failing to reopen the lanes to the country's busiest bridge in 2013.
The Christie-appointed attorney general and Bergen County prosecutor could decide to pursue the misconduct complaint, but have recused themselves.
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