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Judge dismisses case against Lakewood Rabbi, leaving OPIA with another stain

July 31, 2024 1:00 pmAugust 1, 2024 12:04 pm

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

July 29, 2024 12:00 amJuly 31, 2024 2:23 pm

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...

Lee Vartan joins Mercury

May 23, 2024 12:25 amMay 23, 2024 1:27 am

Lee Vartan, a former Executive Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey and Assistant U.S. Attorney, is joining Mercury, one of the state’s top public affairs firms, as a member of their advisory board. “With an impressive career that spans federal,...

Another allegation that a deputy attorney general withheld evidence from a grand jury

January 11, 2024 11:24 amJanuary 11, 2024 11:50 am

There are new allegations that the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability presented false information to a grand jury in the prosecution of a detective for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the latest in a cavalcade...

Murphy formally announces Platkin as attorney general pick

February 3, 2022 12:09 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that he will nominate Matt Platkin to be the next state attorney general, succeeding acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck; Platkin served as Murphy’s chief counsel from 2018 until 2020, when he became a partner at...

Murphy still mulling attorney general nominee after considering 8 candidates

January 12, 2022 2:21 pmJanuary 13, 2022 9:13 am

Gov. Phil Murphy is still considering potential candidates to serve as New Jersey Attorney General during his second term after a process where eight contenders have been vetted for the post, the New Jersey Globe has learned. But administration sources...

Black clergy seeks nomination of Jamel Semper as U.S. Attorney

May 27, 2021 9:12 amMay 27, 2021 10:18 am

Two politically influential Black ministers are pushing for the nomination of Jamel Semper as the next U.S. Attorney from New Jersey. “It is time for an African American to be nominated as the U.S. Attorney in this state,” said Rev....