Posted on 12/19/2019 7:31:19 PM PST by Olog-hai
Five current and former New Jersey public officials are facing charges of accepting bribes following a major corruption investigation, the state’s attorney general announced.
The five defendants are charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes from one cooperating witness in the form of campaign contributions, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said. In return, the officials promised the cooperating witness, who is a tax attorney, they would vote or use their office of influence to hire or continue to hire his law firm for lucrative government legal work.
The defendants include Sudhan Thomas, incumbent Jersey City school board president, and former State Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell, who ran an unsuccessful campaign to be mayor of Bayonne in 2018.
Some of the multi-thousand-dollar bribes came in envelopes or paper bags filled with cash — or, in one case, a coffee cup stuffed with cash — and were delivered to the defendants by the tax attorney at restaurants, parking lots, a political fundraiser and a campaign headquarters.
Thomas was charged with accepting $35,000 in cash bribes, with $10,000 delivered in one instance and $25,000 delivered on another date. …
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Hmmmmmm....no party mentioned.
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The real news here is that only 5 officials in New Jersey were charged with taking massive bribes.
I noticed that too.
Jason O’Donnell is a democrat.
Not sure about the rest.
I though the same; I believe they are three Dems and two Repubs.
Years ago they had a much larger haul in my area in NJ, and IIRC there was one Repub and over a dozen Dems; it is primarily a Dem stronghold.
5? This guy is a light weight p@$$y to only get 5
Crap a retarded 5 year old could get 5 corrupt NJ politicians with out even trying
Chris Christie, who is the worse person to have ever lived according to FR, got over 50 in one shot
These losers couldn’t even leave a bag out for Grewnwall or whatever the eff his name is
Jeez
5
I could nab 10 in my own town in NJ if I had the badge to do so
"That Assemblyman Zellman is worth every penny you're paying him."
That’s one of the actual biggest dog whistles out there. And FOX News knows it. Well, that and “New Jersey”.
Maybe the others sold themselves cheap?
They must have been under threat of arrest from the DoJ in Newark.
This is all Hudson County corrupt pols and the well runs deep there with corruption.
John Windish - Republican & Mary Dougherty - Democrat
So 3 Democrats & 2 Republicans
just 5
ha!
“Attorney General Gurbir Grewal”
Guess his/her/they/ze’s Mom didn’t know how to spell Gerber Gruel? I think lack of eddicayshun is the reason for a lot of the weird names people have to live with all their lives.
Time for another ABSCAM.
Democrats. When they don’t mention the party it’s Democrats. If it were Republicans it would be in front of the name of every defendant. Besides I live in NJ. Jersey City has been a Democrat strong hold since time began.
I was born in Hudson County. In Kearny.
Indeed. And then Tony beats him with a belt.
Reminder to self: don’t get involved with a mobster’s gumar.
It’s amazing how many NJ officials risk jail time and their career for such small amounts of money. $35,000 is higher than normal but not enough even to buy a new pickup truck.
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