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.

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