I wrote Jersey and the Fifth Amendment on March 13, four weeks ago. No answers yet, although the news was chock-a-block full of New Jersey Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson’s ruling on motions for protective orders filed by Bridget “time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” Kelly (Governor Chris Christie’s former Deputy Chief of Staff) and Bill Stepien, the governor’s campaign manager. Here’s NJ.com’s NJ Judge Rules against Bridge Scandal Panel in Subpoena Fight overview of the court ruling. The story offers the level of information and detail found in most of the stories. Lots of quotes from the ruling, and statements from counsel, and not much analysis.
(The ruling is reportedly 98 pages