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The article reports on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear the appeal of defendants, Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni involving the corruption case known as Bridgegate, the closing of access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in September 2013. Topics discussed include Kelly and Baroni's indictment in 2015 and conviction in November 2016 and the lane closings as political retribution against a Fort Lee mayor who refused to endorse New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's re-election.

The article discusses the claim of lawyer Michael Critchley that Bridget Anne Kelly, former deputy chief of staff to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, discussed the George Washington Bridge lane closings with Christie before they happened in September 2013. Topics include the trial about the issue, the denial of Christie that Kelly informed him on the lane closings and the testimony of Deborah Gramiccioni, Christie's former deputy chief of staff for policy, that supported Critchley's claim.

The article reports on the closing of the George Washington Bridge in New York. Topics discussed include the role of American Republican Party politician and law professor Bill Baroni for closure regulation of the bridge, the perspectives of Governor Chris Christie regarding the impact of the closure for traffic jam, and the appointment by Christie of Baroni to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The article reports on the announcement of indictments in April 2015 for the federal investigation into the closure of George Washington Bridge in New York City and New Jersey in September 2014. The investigations include members of the Borough Council in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and aides and allies of Governor Chris Christie including Bridget Anne Kelly, David Samson and Bill Stepien. It notes the silence of U.S. attorney for New Jersey Paul J. Fishman which leads to speculation and suspense.

The article discusses the lane closure scandal at the George Washington Bridge in September 2013 that caused traffic jam in the junction of Fort Lee, New Jersey. The issue involves staff members and political appointees of Governor Chris Christie who have been shown to have conspired to create the traffic jam. Former New York City traffic commissioner Samuel Schwartz states that jokes arising from the lane closings would hurt the credibility of a person's profession.

The article reports on the statement of Bridget Anne Kelly, former aid of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie claiming she would not hand over the documents in response to a subpoena from a legislative panel investigating the lane closings at the George Washington Bridge in January 2014. It mentions that Kelly will invoke the U.S. Fourth Amendment in addition to the Fifth in defense for her privacy. Her decision was reported on February 3, 2014 through a radio station in the state.

The article reports on the thousands of pages of documents subpoenaed by New Jersey Legislature which will be turned over to investigators on February 3, 2014. The documents were part of the investigation of the state Governor Chris Christie's administration on the issue of lane closings at the George Washington Bridge in January 2014. It mentions that lawyers for many of those subpoenaed were given extensions and investigators will have to analyze the documents in weeks.

The article reports on the plan of legislative investigators in New Jersey to begin calling testimonies to the lane closings at the George Washington Bridge in September 2013 despite ruling from Judge Mary C. Jacobson that former aides of Governor Chris Christie did not have to comply subpoena.

The article informs that former mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani has defended New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the basis of a report which states that he was unaware of politically motivated closures of lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge in 2013.

The article reports on the details regarding the scandal involving the closure of two of the access lanes of George Washington Bridge in New Jersey.

The article reports on the appearance of Bridget Anne Kelly, former deputy chief of staff of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, at a court hearing in the city of Trenton on March 11, 2014 as part of the lane closing investigation at the George Washington Bridge in September 2013.