8 Jul 2016 1:49 pm
About that Bridgegate thing:
1. Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni's defense lawyers subpoena Chris Christie's cell phone.
2. Christie says he has no idea where his cell phone is.
3. Judge rules against Kelly and Baroni's request.
4. Christie's cell phone magically reappears.
Related: One of the unindicted co-conspirators in the Bridgegate case has been fighting awfully hard to keep his or her name from being released to the public.
1. Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni's defense lawyers subpoena Chris Christie's cell phone.
2. Christie says he has no idea where his cell phone is.
3. Judge rules against Kelly and Baroni's request.
4. Christie's cell phone magically reappears.
Efforts by the defendants charged in the Bridgegate scandal to obtain Gov. Chris Christie's cell phone and other electronic devices operated by his staff were rebuffed by a federal judge Thursday, who called the request too broad.
Judge quashes Bridgegate defense request for Christie's cell phone.
Obstructing justice anyone?The mystery over the missing cell phone that Gov. Chris Christie used during the period when there were legislative hearings on the brewing Bridgegate scandal has been solved.
The phone, which lawyers for Bridgegate defendants Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly have been seeking, is in the custody of Christie's personal lawyer, Christopher Wray.
In a statehouse press conference in early May, Christie said he didn't know the whereabouts of the phone.
"I haven't had it for two-plus years, but it's in the hands of the government as far as I know," Christie said.
"I don't know exactly who physically has it. But I turned it over in response to requests from the government, as I said I would."
Prosecutors said they never had the phone.
Christie's cell phone is no longer missing.
Related: One of the unindicted co-conspirators in the Bridgegate case has been fighting awfully hard to keep his or her name from being released to the public.
After a flurry of legal filings in recent weeks, oral arguments in the Bridgegate case about whether the names of the unindicted co-conspirators should be made public will take place Monday before the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
'John Doe' appeal: 7 things to know about Monday's Bridgegate hearing.