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In contentious hearing, Senate panel clears bill to move investigatory powers from comptroller to SCI

December 1, 2025 6:10 pmDecember 1, 2025 6:46 pm

In a contentious hearing, the state Senate’s State Government Committee unanimously approved an oversight reform bill that would transfer much of the investigatory authority of the state comptroller to the State Commission of Investigation, a proposal that’s drawn ire from...

Senate will consider moving key State Comptroller powers to SCI in lame duck

November 12, 2025 10:27 amNovember 12, 2025 4:33 pm

Senate Democrats are expected to move legislation during the lame duck session that would transfer the investigatory power of the State Comptroller’s office to the State Commission of Investigation, but a move to make the New Jersey State Police a...

Veteran federal prosecutor Bruce Keller will head SCI

July 14, 2025 3:28 pmJuly 14, 2025 7:10 pm

A highly-regarded former federal prosecutor who handled high-profile public corruption matters is the new executive director of the State Commission of Investigation. Bruce Keller will replace Tiffany Williams Brewer, who resigned in January after a tenure that lasted just four...

Sellinger gives top two spots in U.S. Attorney’s office to Bridgegate prosecutors

March 14, 2022 1:26 pm

U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger today named Vikas Khanna as First Assistant U.S. Attorney and Lee Cortes as Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, giving his office’s most powerful roles to two of the government’s prosecutors in the Bridgegate case. “Vikas is a...