. >> my name is bob mccormick. i have an interest in social legal matters but no ax to grind. followed the bridgewater scandal from the beginning and wish to make some comments rega. >> they will learn their fates when they are sentenced by the judge after the duo were found guilty on our charges in the bridge gate trial which concluded in november. now they have an unlikely ally in their corner. bob mccormick wrote a letter asking the judge to grant them leniency. >> no one reached out to, this was an unsolicited letter. >> it was. i have a lot of empathy for people. i really felt strongly that it could easily be abused because people were really out to get christie. >> it came down to tom river to talk to mccormick who is a retired businessman, but is active and interested and informed pretty followed the bridge gate scandal since it broke wide open in january 2014. >> i understand there was a problem. >> terrible traffic jam. >> my god, i know the terrible traffic jam, but my goodness, it's gotten more than you would say would be proper attention. >> eventually they were in