Robert Diehl Archives - New Jersey Globe

Edison hires ex-prosecutor to aid their cooperation with grand jury probe of racist flyer

April 2, 2021 4:55 pmApril 3, 2021 3:24 pm

Edison has hired a high-level former prosecutor to help guide the township counsel through the Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s probe of a racist flyer in the 2017 election. Vaughn McKoy, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and director of the state...

Lawmaker tells Grewal to empanel grand jury to solve Edison racist flyer cold case

March 19, 2021 2:18 pmMarch 19, 2021 8:04 pm

Assemblyman Erik Peterson (R-Franklin) is accusing Attorney General Gurbir Grewal of sidestepping his call for an investigation into a 40-month-old unsolved mystery involving a racist flyer in a 2017 Edison local election and wants prosecutors to convene a grand jury...

Edison Democratic officials chide Grewal for failure to solve racist flyer cold case

March 18, 2021 1:13 am

Seeking “justice and clarity,” seven elected officeholders in Edison – all Democrats — have admonished Attorney General Gurbir Grewal for his failure to solve a 40-month-old cold case involving racist flyers in a 2017 local election. Mayor Thomas Lankey and...

Murphy appears to favor investigation into Edison Eight cold case

March 8, 2021 4:31 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy appeared to support an investigation into a 40-month-old case involving racist flyers in a 2017 municipal election Monday. “I found it at the time to be incredibly offensive, and I hope the persons who are associated with doing...

Edison mayoral candidate seeks open Democratic primary

March 8, 2021 2:33 pmMarch 8, 2021 2:41 pm

An Edison mayoral candidate is asking Middlesex County Democrats to deny the organization line to Mahesh Bhagia, the beleaguered Democratic municipal chairman. Sapana Shah wants an open primary and says that allegations that Bhagia was the mastermind behind a racist...

March 6, 2021: Senator Vin Gopal and Edison Council President Bob Diehl

March 6, 2021 6:44 pmMarch 27, 2021 7:12 pm

Click the play button to listen to the New Jersey Globe Power Hour for March 6, 2021. Senate Majority Conference Leader Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) and Edison Council President Robert Diehl joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe...

Gopal, Diehl join Wildstein on New Jersey Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC

March 6, 2021 11:34 amMarch 6, 2021 5:57 pm

Senate Majority Conference Leader Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) and Edison Council President Robert Diehl will join host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, March 6 at 4 PM. For the...