form of political retaliation. at least that's what federal prosecutors succeeded in showing during the course of this six-week trial against two of governor christie's really political operatives. now, both have been accused of conspiracy and fraud for allegedly manipulating lane traffic and creating four-day long gridlock at a very busy crossing, the george washington bridge, which connects new jersey into manhattan. federal prosecutors had said the two officials did it in order to punish a local mayor who essentially had refused to endorse chris christie for his re-election campaign. lawyers for the two defendants however had argued during this trial that in fact, this was simply part of the legitimate traffic study. now, the two who have been found guilty include christie's former deputy chief of staff, bridget kelly as well as the former deputy executive of the port authority which handles the bridge. they are asking, their lawyers are asking for a mistrial because during the jury deliberations, the jury had asked did they have to find that