Mitzy Galis-Menendez Archives

Cryan applauds OPIA shutdown, O’Donnell PTI agreement

September 11, 2026 12:30 pmSeptember 12, 2026 5:18 pm

State Sen. Joseph Cryan (D-Union) praised Attorney General Jennifer Davenport for dismantling the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, calling the decision a necessary response to years of prosecutorial missteps, delays, and courtroom defeats. “There is nothing more important than...

State’s seven-year case against Jason O’Donnell will end without conviction

September 11, 2026 10:48 amSeptember 12, 2026 5:18 pm

A nearly seven-year criminal prosecution launched by the then-fledgling Office of Public Integrity and Accountability is nearly over without a trial, conviction, or admission of guilt, after state prosecutors agreed to let former Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell (D-Bayonne) enter a one-year...

Judge castigates state prosecutors over evidence disclosures in bribery case

September 10, 2024 5:19 pmSeptember 12, 2024 3:00 pm

A Superior Court judge blasted the New Jersey Office of Public Integrity and Accountability over evidence disclosure in a hearing for the case of Jason O’Donnell, a former assemblyman accused of accepting a bribe while running for mayor of Bayonne...

N.J. attorney general’s office takes shots at ex-federal judge in bid to stop dismissal of charges

May 19, 2021 2:32 pmMay 19, 2021 6:19 pm

The state attorney general’s office took a shot at the integrity of a respected former federal judge in a response brief involving the state’s cooperating witness in a corruption sting caper, attorney Matthew O’Donnell. In court papers filed on Monday,...

Prosecutors say there are ‘ongoing investigations’ related to Matt O’Donnell

April 1, 2021 2:04 pmApril 1, 2021 10:05 pm

A Superior Court Judge today sealed a list of potential targets in a state corruption probe, including a list of individuals cooperating witness Matthew O’Donnell offered to contact and a list of people prosecutors asked O’Donnell to connect with. Deputy...

Attorney General seeks to seal court records in case connected to Matt O’Donnell

March 29, 2021 12:08 amMay 29, 2025 12:56 pm

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has moved to seal court records in a motion to dismiss an indictment against a former Hudson Council official, augmenting the mysterious circumstances related to Matthew O’Donnell, the state’s cooperating witness in a political...