Tag: John Nicodemo
More allegations of prosecutorial misconduct by OPIA
More allegations of prosecutorial misconduct have been leveled against the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability after the release of an email the state had spent four years denying existed. The explosive email from then-Deputy Attorney General Pearl Minato...
Public integrity unit told grand jury a N.J. judge might be corrupt, but did they report it?
In June, three state prosecutors from the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability told a grand jury that Superior Court Judge Steven J. Polansky, the presiding civil court judge in Camden County, might be “corrupt” and part of an...
Lakewood rabbi’s lawyer demands investigation of OPIA after botched trials
Defense attorney Lee Vartan is calling for an immediate investigation into circumstances involving the state’s prosecution of Osher Eisemann, a prominent Lakewood rabbi who was vindicated two days ago when a judge dismissed the state’s case because the evidence was...
Judge dismisses case against Lakewood Rabbi, leaving OPIA with another stain
In a massive blow to the state’s embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, a Superior Court Judge today dismissed an indictment of a prominent Lakewood rabbi and ended a nearly decade-long prosecution. Judge Joseph Paone threw out the case...
Rabbi subpoenas Nicodemo, seeks prosecutor’s disciplinary and employment file
Embattled Deputy Attorney General John Nicodemo has been called to testify at the money-laundering retrial of a Lakewood rabbi, but prosecutors are seeking to quash the subpoena and are pushing back on a demand by defense attorney Lee Vartan to...
Attorney General’s office defends Nicodemo
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office is doubling down on its support of embattled Deputy Attorney General John Nicodemo after allegations of prosecutorial misconduct were leveled against him by four attorneys — all former federal and state prosecutors — and...