The US Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned the convictions of two former New Jersey politicians involved in the 2013 scheme to create a traffic-jam along the one of the nation’s busiest bridges, ultimately known as “Bridgegate.”

Former Chief of Staff for Governor Chris Christie, Bridget Anne Kelly, and former Deputy Executive Director for the Port Authority, William Baroni, were convicted in federal court of wire fraud and conspiracy for their parts in backing up traffic on the George Washington Bridge in retaliation against Mark Sokolich, the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, for refusing to endorse Christie in his bid for reelection. A former Port Authority Official, David Wildstein, who assisted Kelly and Baroni with covering up the plan, served as the government’s star witness and also pleaded guilty to conspiracy for the scheme.

The trio devised a plan to reduce Fort Lee’s number of toll lanes from three to one under the auspice of a traffic study, which caused four days of gridlock along the toll road into New York City. Writing for the court, Justice Elena Kagan explained that, even though “Baroni and Kelly used deception to reduce Fort Lee’s access lanes to the George Washington Bridge,” which “jeopardized the safety of the town’s residents,” such corruption was not a federal crime. Reasoning for this was centered on the fact that the federal statutes for fraud under which the pair were convicted are specifically aimed at property fraud and that the aim of the fraud in this case was not to receive any money or property. Therefore, under both statutes, the government had to prove not only that the deception took place, but also that the goal of the fraud was to obtain money or property.

“Having been maligned, I now stand with my family and friends knowing that due process worked. While this may finally have made this case right for me, it does not absolve those who should have truly been held accountable,” Kelly said in a statement to Reuters following the decision.