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Davenport gains backing of 100+ ex-federal prosecutors for Senate confirmation

February 2, 2026 7:00 amFebruary 2, 2026 10:31 am

A group of over 100 former federal prosecutors, including six former U.S. Attorneys and three former state attorneys general, are urging the confirmation of Jennifer Davenport as the 57th Attorney General of New Jersey. Davenport, who was nominated by Gov....

McIver, moving to dismiss charges, asks why she’s treated differently from Jan. 6 rioters

August 18, 2025 12:17 pmAugust 19, 2025 12:29 am

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-Newark), under indictment for allegedly assaulting federal officers during a May 9 visit to an immigrant detention facility, filed a flurry of motions challenging the legitimacy of the government’s case against her late last week, including one...

Lee Cortes leaving U.S. Attorney’s office

March 13, 2024 3:50 pm

Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Lee Cortes will leave the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey after 14 years, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today. “Lee Cortes is one of the finest attorneys to have worked at the...

Sellinger launches freestanding Civil Rights Division in U.S. Attorney’s office

March 28, 2022 12:34 pm

U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today that he will create a new freestanding Civil Rights Division within his office; currently, the Civil Rights Unit is a subsection of the office’s larger Civil Division. The head of the new division will...

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...