Matt O'Donnell Archives

Hearings for Sudhan Thomas, John Cesaro moved to July as attorneys still review discovery

June 14, 2021 9:58 am

Two public corruption cases were pushed out to July following disposition conferences with Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor on Monday. Former Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas and former Morris County Freeholder John Cesaro face bribery charges related...

Seven mayoral primaries to watch on June 8

June 1, 2021 5:10 pmJune 2, 2021 6:03 pm

Voters in at least six New jersey municipalities are hosting closely watched races to pick their party’s candidates for local office next Tuesday. In Atlantic City, Mayor Marty Small has the line against challenger Tom Foley. Foley, a former Democratic...

After attorney fires him, Sudhan Thomas now represented by a public defender

April 19, 2021 9:28 am

Former Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas is on his third attorney since being charged sixteen months ago and will now be represented by a public defender as he battles state corruption charges. Thomas is accused of accepting...

April 10, 2021: GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli and The Trentonian reporter Isaac Avilucea

April 10, 2021 5:50 pmApril 15, 2021 7:55 am

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli and The Trentonian reporter Isaac Avilucea joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday April 10. Ciattarelli, a former Republican assemblyman from Somerset County, is...

Matt O’Donnell tells prosecutors politicians didn’t ask him to commit a crime, but ‘expected it or implied it,’ records show

April 9, 2021 1:08 amApril 9, 2021 5:43 pm

Matt O’Donnell, the state’s cooperating witness in an undercover sting operation targeting New Jersey politicians, told prosecutors that he felt obligated to give campaign contributions and cash in order to secure lucrative contracts representing local government entities as a tax...

State allowed cooperating witness to bill taxpayers millions after admitting to crime

April 9, 2021 12:01 amApril 9, 2021 11:10 am

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal permitted the state’s cooperating witness in a corruption probe, Matthew O’Donnell, to bill millions of dollars in fees to municipal and county governments as a tax appeals attorney even after admitting to crimes that could result...

O’Donnell straw donor to enter PTI after cooperating with prosecutors

April 6, 2021 10:11 am

Christopher Brown, one of the alleged straw donors used by the state’s cooperating witness in a political corruption probe, is set to join the Pretrial Intervention (PTI) after agreeing to assistant prosecutors with their investigation. Brown is the brother-in-law of...