Pearl Minato Archives - New Jersey Globe

N.J. will shutter embattled public corruption office

September 3, 2026 3:47 pmSeptember 4, 2026 1:29 am

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport will close the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability and return responsibility for prosecuting public corruption to the Division of Criminal Justice, ending a controversial eight-year experiment that produced accusations of prosecutorial misconduct, years-long delays,...

Governor drops bid to put ex-OPIA prosecutor on the bench

May 27, 2025 10:44 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has withdrawn the nomination of Pearl Minato, a former top state prosecutor, to serve as a Superior Court Judge. Minato, the former director of the Division of Criminal Justice, and was at the embattled Office of Public...

Tiver signs off on Hoffman, paving the way for Supreme Court confirmation next month

August 14, 2024 10:26 amAugust 14, 2024 11:44 am

Gov. Phil Murphy’s nominee for associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, John Jay Hoffman, has passed a critical point in his bid for Senate confirmation with signoff from State Sen. Latham Tiver (R-Southampton), the New Jersey Globe has...