Post by Logan on Feb 16, 2016 23:38:41 GMT -6
Port Authority filing asks to keep Bridgegate materials private
NEWARK — Confidential and redacted documents related the George Washington Bridge lane closures case should not be publicly released, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey argued in a court brief filed late Tuesday.
The filing was in response to a request by news media, including NJ Advance Media, publisher of The Star-Ledger and NJ.com, to lift redactions and the seal off some records, including a list of individuals who may have some information about the lane closures but were not charged.
Some of the redacted materials, the Port Authority's filing says, include its memoranda and emails, including an email exchange between then-Chairman David Samson, Bill Baroni, the former deputy director who was among three officials criminally charged in the so-called Bridgegate case, Vice Chairman Scott Rechler and Patrick Foye, the executive director. The email exchange, the court papers say, is about the Port Authority's legal representation by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in a civil matter unrelated to Bridgegate.
The documents should remain redacted, the court papers say, to protect the Port Authority's legal rights.
Read more: www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/port_authority_filing_asks_to_keep_bridgegate_mate.html
NEWARK — Confidential and redacted documents related the George Washington Bridge lane closures case should not be publicly released, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey argued in a court brief filed late Tuesday.
The filing was in response to a request by news media, including NJ Advance Media, publisher of The Star-Ledger and NJ.com, to lift redactions and the seal off some records, including a list of individuals who may have some information about the lane closures but were not charged.
Some of the redacted materials, the Port Authority's filing says, include its memoranda and emails, including an email exchange between then-Chairman David Samson, Bill Baroni, the former deputy director who was among three officials criminally charged in the so-called Bridgegate case, Vice Chairman Scott Rechler and Patrick Foye, the executive director. The email exchange, the court papers say, is about the Port Authority's legal representation by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in a civil matter unrelated to Bridgegate.
The documents should remain redacted, the court papers say, to protect the Port Authority's legal rights.
Read more: www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/port_authority_filing_asks_to_keep_bridgegate_mate.html