NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – The Latest on the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial (all times local):
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The mastermind of the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal will not go to prison.
David Wildstein was sentenced to three years’ probation by a federal judge in Newark on Wednesday.
The former political blogger pleaded guilty in 2015 to using his position at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to lead a scheme to close access lanes at the bridge to create traffic gridlock in the town of Fort Lee, whose Democratic mayor declined to endorse Republican Gov. Chris Christie.