A current South Jersey Transportation Authority board member and a former member were indicted Thursday after they allegedly colluded to block payments to an engineering firm as political retaliation in a feud between a South Jersey Democratic Party leader and a Mercer County commissioner, the state Attorney General's Office said.

Christopher Milam, 46, and Bryan Bush, 53, both of Sewell, Gloucester County, are each charged with conspiracy, official misconduct and perjury.

The authority oversees Atlantic City International Airport and the Atlantic City Expressway.

Milam is still listed as a board member on the authority's website.

“This indictment indicates that these defendants abused their positions of power to get retribution,” Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a statement. “

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