Posted on 09/26/2025 3:32:31 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey in this year's high-stakes race is defending her Navy service record amid questions surrounding a cheating scandal during her time at the Naval Academy, and pushing back against the Trump administration's release of her mostly unredacted military records.
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are competing to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy in New Jersey, one of just two states, along with Virginia, that are electing a governor this year.
With mail-in ballots already being returned in the Nov. 4 contest, news stories surfaced Thursday saying that Sherrill did not participate in her 1994 Naval Academy graduation ceremony amid fallout from an exam cheating scandal, though she was not directly implicated and was awarded her degree and commissioned as an officer in the Navy.
Another news story from CBS showed that Sherrill's military record was released — improperly and mostly unredacted — to a Republican operative in New Jersey.......
Sherrill's campaign attributed the release of information to the National Archives and included a letter dated Sept. 22 from the director of the National Personnel Records Center informing the congresswoman that it released “in error” her military file to an “unauthorized requester,” identified as a former Republican candidate for office in New Jersey.
A message seeking comment was left with the person who requested Sherrill's records.
“On behalf of the National Archives, I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and aggravation this situation may cause you and for our failure to safeguard your military record from unauthorized release,” wrote director Scott Levins.
The information released included her unredacted Social Security number as well as her date of birth, according to the letter.
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But what is amazing is that this is the 1st time I can recall that records for a democrat were released in error.
Cheatercrats!
Hearing now on X that somehow her husband was involved in the cheating scandal. Oh by the way two of her kids have received appointments to the Naval Academy.
Sherril did nine years as a pilot. Ciattarelli never served.
This dog won’t hunt
They're masters at bastardizing the language.
She voted for the resolution to honor Charlie Kirk, Then later she trashed him. She claimed he was against women’s rights (abortion) and was a racist. Liberal women seem to think it is their right to murder their child. I have never heard Charlie Kirk make a racist remark, nor is there any charges accusing him of being a racist. Too bad she wasn’t aborted.
I notice she doesnt deny it, just goes after the GOP for daring to mention it..Id also like to know about the 7 mil that she got from insider trading, oh, she claims she has no idea if she has 7 mil in her bank account yeah cause no one would know if all of a sudden BAM millions would just appear in their bank account..she is a total fraud, but she has a D next to her name so commies will vote for her regardless
They’re not *Democratic*, they are democrats.
Any party that calls itself democratic which cancels primaries and doesn’t allow for the people to choose their candidate is hardly for the people. It’s an oligarchy, NOT a democracy.
You DON’T have to be in the Military to be GREAT!
They questioned nothing- they released the truth...
My understanding (if correct) is that Sherril would not tell the Navel Academy who cheated so she was not aloud to walk in the graduation or something. She wants to spin it that she didn’t turn in the wrong doers, but in reality, if someone is doing wrong in the Navy, you need to report them..
Exactamente.
AP is the rat propaganda ministry. The others are just biased toward the rats but AP is the official one
Liars. Trump did not request the FOIA request. A private citizen did and the National Archives F’ed up releasing her SSN.
Sherril looks like a DEI hire. She’s no hero.
Absolutely. When a white male gets caught in cheating scandal at a Service Academy, they're thrown out and forced to serve their commitment as an enlistee. When a woman gets caught in a cheating scandal at a Service Academy, she's just not allowed to walk at graduation.
Did those improperly released records show she was one of the 88?
This seems like the type of ugly political garbage we have in general grown to expect.
Democrats can falsely accuse Republicans of racism without any evidence, and many people will just automatically believe the accusation.
“She’’ also kinda looks like a ‘’he’’.
Jus’ saying...
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