By John Kraft, includes “SCOTUS is hearing a major public corruption case, aka ‘Bridgegate’ on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 which could impact future public corruptions cases nationwide, including those in Illinois. … This prosecution arose out of the so-called ‘Bridgegate’ affair, in which senior political officials at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reallocated two traffic lanes … The prosecution’s core allegation was that the Port Authority … ordered the change to punish Fort Lee’s mayor for not endorsing the Governor’s reelection.”