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Richard G. Jones, "Investigation Of Lawmanker Is Under Way In New Jersey," in The New York Times, July 28, 2007, at p. B2.
"NEWARK, July 27 -- Federal investigators have notified a New Jersey lawmaker that he could soon face corruption charges as part of a widening inquiry into the awarding of special legislative grants, his lawyer said."
"The lawmaker, State Senator JOSEPH CONIGLIO, a Democrat from Bergen County, was contacted by investigators from the office of the United States attorney for New Jersey, Christopher J. Christie.'
"Mr. Coniglio's lawyer, Gerald Krovatin, confirmed on Friday that the Senator had received a so-called target letter from Mr. Christie's office. Such letters typically serve as an invitation to the recipient to testify before a grand jury. They sometimes also serve as the precursor to a plea bargain."
I have a feeling that quite a few New Jersey politicians AND JUDGES are checking their mail with extra care this week.
"In a phone interview on Friday, Mr. Krovatin said that Mr. Coniglio planned to discuss the investigation with Mr. Christie. 'We fully intend to do so because Senator Coniglio has done nothing wrong,' Mr. Krovatin said in a statement. 'The investigation is ongoing and has not been completed.' ..."
Mr. Krovatin should have said that his client was "looking forward to the opportunity to dispel any false accusations and clear his name." Whenever you hear lawyers say that kind of stuff it means that their clients are guilty as sin and scared shitless.
"... In March, Mr. Coniglio was one of three lawmakers who were subpoenaed by Mr. Christie to explain their connection to organizations that had received about $3.5 MILLION in special grants from the legislature." (emphasis added)
"For months now, Mr. Christie has been investigating a longstanding practice in Trenton that allows lawmakers to include special grants for pet projects -- often called 'Christmas tree' items in State House parlance."
"... Two other lawmakers NICOLAS SCUTARI, who represents Middlesex, Somerset and Union Counties, and Assemblyman BRIAN P. STACK, a Democrat from Hudson County -- have been subpoenaed in connection with about $300,000 worth of special grants that had been given to organizations connected to their wives." (emphasis added)
I wonder whether all of this is CONNECTED?
"Critics of the grant system have also said that the grants are a burden on the state budget. In 2006, Gov. Jon S. Corzine cut more than $50 MILLION in special grants from the state's budget."
This news -- and I'm sure the best is yet to come! -- is added to the indictments of Mr. Bryant and Mr. James, continuing multiple investigations of Senator Robert Menendez, and (so far) un-named "others."
New Jersey's political corruption and theft of public funds, incompetence as well as malice in the judiciary and contamination of law enforcement is a national disgrace. Organized crime uses the offices of government in New Jersey both to advance its interests and to shield those charged with heinous crimes. There are protected criminals who seem to escape state law enforcement agencies entirely, while resources are devoted to such absurdities as whether a judge gave someone his business card.
The services of government are for sale, very often, while power is misused for personal gain or self-enrichment as vital public interests are allowed to go unattended. This is a matter than can no longer be ignored. Tortures and murders, allegedly, in the state's prisons and elsewhere only make clear how much the people of New Jersey are also tortured, every day, by this level of corruption and incompetence in goverment and courts.
The nightmare and torture of victims and their families must end.
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