Steven Fulop Archives - New Jersey Globe

DeGise rejects open primary for president in Hudson

January 14, 2020 9:19 am

Hudson County Democrats will settle on a single presidential candidate to be on their organization line in the June primary, county chair Amy DeGise told the New Jersey Globe. DeGise dismissed the option of holding an open primary for any...

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, left, with Sudhan Thomas who's accused of accepting cash bribes. Photo courtesy of Facebook.

Sudhan Thomas pleads not guilty

January 10, 2020 12:08 am

Former Jersey City Board of Education president Sudhan Thomas pleaded not guilty on charges that he embezzled over $45,000 from the Jersey City Employment and Training Program, where he served as acting executive director. According to the Hudson County View,...

John Bennett ousted as Woodbridge administrator

January 2, 2020 9:38 pmJanuary 2, 2020 10:57 pm

John O. Bennett III, a former Co-Senate President who spent 3 ½ days as the governor of New Jersey in 2002, has been let go from his post as the Woodbridge Township Business Administrator, the New Jersey Globe has learned....

Matt O’Donnell was a cooperating witness for more than two years, sources say

December 21, 2019 1:18 amDecember 23, 2019 2:06 pm

Matthew O’Donnell, the cooperating witness in a sting operation that ensnared several New Jersey politicians this week, began cooperating with the New Jersey Attorney General’s office in mid-2017, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Around that time, an anonymous whistleblower...

Cooperating witness O’Donnell used straw donors, whistleblower said in 2017

December 20, 2019 5:56 pmDecember 21, 2019 1:18 am

An anonymous whistleblower contacted law enforcement in June 2017 about allegations that Morristown attorney Matthew O’Donnell used straw donors to funnel money to local candidates he was pitching for tax appeal work, the New Jersey Globe has learned. O’Donnell was...

Thomas says ambitious Grewal targeted him because of Fulop ties

December 19, 2019 8:20 pm

Sudhan Thomas says he’s not guilty of allegations that he took a $35,000 in cash bribes from a cooperating witness, alleging that the Attorney General has targeted him because of his grudge against Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop. “This Attorney General...

Cooperating witness in state corruption probe resembles attorney Matthew O’Donnell

December 19, 2019 3:56 pmDecember 20, 2019 10:25 am

Update: the New Jersey Globe has confirmed that Matthew O’Donnell is the state’s cooperating witness. A Morristown lawyer who resembles the cooperating witness in the state’s bribery case against five former candidates and public officials has close ties to several...