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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....

George Norcross testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies. Photo by Nikita Biryukov for the New Jersey Globe.

After Norcross case dismissal, attorneys slam attorney general

February 26, 2025 9:27 pmFebruary 27, 2025 12:16 pm

After a judge struck down a racketeering indictment of South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross and five other defendants, attorneys and allies of Norcross are demanding the resignation of Attorney General Matt Platkin as they promise to strike back after the...

2024 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2024 12:14 pmJanuary 3, 2025 10:34 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2024 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version. Do you know what they call a presidential election in New Jersey? The opening act of a gubernatorial campaign....

Justice Department declined to prosecute Norcross, so investigators shopped case to OPIA, court filings claim

November 20, 2024 8:26 pmNovember 21, 2024 10:12 am

There’s a new plot twist in the state’s five-year investigation of George E. Norcross III and others: the discovery that the Justice Department in Philadelphia declined to pursue charges based on a lack of admissible evidence in 2023 and that...

Public integrity unit told grand jury a N.J. judge might be corrupt, but did they report it?

September 27, 2024 7:01 pmSeptember 27, 2024 7:07 pm

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...

Insisting ‘routine lawyering is not a crime,’ Tambussi seeks dismissal of charges

September 26, 2024 4:05 pmSeptember 26, 2024 10:57 pm

Slamming the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, lawyers representing William Tambussi accused Attorney General Matt Platkin of “attempting to criminalize the routine practice of law” and asked a judge to dismiss the indictment of the South Jersey power...

Lakewood rabbi’s lawyer demands investigation of OPIA after botched trials

August 2, 2024 7:59 pmAugust 3, 2024 12:54 pm

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...