Convicted bridge case defendant joins Supreme Court appeal

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A convicted appointee of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has joined his co-defendant’s appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bill Baroni filed a notice Friday.
Baroni and former Christie aide Bridget Kelly were convicted in 2016 in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal, an alleged plot to cause traffic jams to punish a mayor who wouldn’t endorse Christie’s re-election.
Christie wasn’t charged.
An appeals court threw out some of Baro