Bridget Anne Kelly, a former aide to then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, took swipes at her ex-boss on Wednesday, saying the “truth will be inescapable,” after she was resentenced to 13 months in federal prison for the so-called Bridgegate scandal. “The fact that I am here in place of others from the Christie administration and the governor himself does not prove my guilt. It only proves that justice is not blind,” she said in a statement outside a Newark courthouse. The date when Kelly must report to prison has not been set.

Bridget Anne Kelly, a former aide to then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, was resentenced to 13 months in federal prison on April 24, 2019.

“Mr. Christie, you are a bully, and the days of you calling me a liar and destroying my life are over,” she said, reading from a prepared statement. “The truth will be heard, and for the former governor, that truth will be inescapable, regardless of lucrative television deals or even future campaigns. I plan to make sure of that.” Christie’s former deputy chief of staff for legislative and intergovernmental affairs had originally been sentenced to 18 months on multiple federal charges. An appeals court tossed the civil rights convictions but left standing those for conspiracy and wire fraud, leading to Wednesday’s hearing, The New York Times reported. Prosecutors accused Kelly of ordering the closure of lanes accessing the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey, to punish the city’s mayor for not supporting Christie’s reelection bid in 2013. The closures led to massive traffic jams. Bill Baroni, who oversaw the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was also convicted in the scheme and was sentenced to 18 months, also after appeals.

ASSOCIATED PRESS After her resentencing, Kelly called Christie a bully and warned him that the "truth will be inescapable."