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TexasTowelie

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Tue Jul 11, 2017, 01:50 PM Jul 2017

Christie Ally May Be Spared Jail in Bridge Scandal

Federal prosecutors have recommended that David Wildstein, one of the main players in the so-called Bridgegate scandal, serve no prison time after he pleaded guilty and testified against his co-conspirators.

Mr. Wildstein is set to be sentenced in federal court in Newark on Wednesday, the last of the major figures to be caught up in the scandal.

In a sentencing memo released on Tuesday, prosecutors noted that Mr. Wildstein could serve between 21 to 27 months in prison based on the charges, but asked that his sentence be reduced to probation because his testimony “led directly to the indictment and convictions” of two of his accomplices.

The sentencing brief from Mr. Wildstein’s lawyers has not yet been released by the court, though it is unlikely that they would take issue with a noncustodial sentence.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/nyregion/david-wildstein-george-washington-bridge.html

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Christie Ally May Be Spared Jail in Bridge Scandal (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP
My first thought was "Why would Kirstie Alley be going to jail?" rzemanfl Jul 2017 #1
Aha!!! True Dough Jul 2017 #3
Why did I read the thread title and immediately picture True Dough Jul 2017 #2
Double rubber room? n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #5
Covered in pictures True Dough Jul 2017 #7
When she was young. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #8
Okay Wildstein..give us Chritie and you may be spared jail time - eom asiliveandbreathe Jul 2017 #4
well, i have heard her bidding is atrocious and her card play is absolutely criminal.... unblock Jul 2017 #6
Time for Bridget to sing montanacowboy Jul 2017 #9
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