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State prosecutors and voters – not the feds – can hold corrupt officials accountable

  • Written by Stanley M. Brand, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Pennsylvania State University
State prosecutors and voters – not the feds – can hold corrupt officials accountableBridget Kelly, one of two aides to Gov. Chris Christie whose convictions in the Bridgegate scandal were reversed. Kena Betancur/Getty Images

Two high-ranking officials with ties to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hatched a plot in 2013 to punish the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, a town adjacent to the George Washington Bridge – the...

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