Attorney General

Senator Says Governor's Action Too Little, Too late, and Calls on Attorney General to Recover Taxpayer Money That Was 'Lost in Space"

Measure is Designed to Remove Politics from Prosecution

            TRENTON – Senate President Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) today introduced a bill, S2796, that would bar the state attorney general, first assistant attorney general and county prosecutors from running for elected office in New Jersey for two years after leaving their position. 

            “This is a much needed step to ensure the integrity of our justice system,” said Sen. Codey.  “It’s good public policy to know that those in charge of criminal investigations aren’t pursuing targets that will enhance their imminent political goals.”   

The state attorney general should be investigating how the corruption of "money manager" Bernard Madoff has hurt New Jersey residents and groups, espeically the charitable organizations that have become even more critical during the current economic downturn.

Former Bogota mayor and conservative activist Steve Lonegan said today that the Attorney General’s office is investigating him, and that he thinks it reeks of political retribution.

Lonegan is calling for the legislature to appoint an independent prosecutor to look into the matter and wants the U.S. Attorney to conduct a civil rights investigation on his behalf. 

Lonegan, who has spent the last week in the media spotlight after he was arrested for trespassing while protesting against the governor’s asset monetization plan outside of his Cape May County Town Hall meeting at a school in Middle Township, said that arrest was merely “the tip of the iceberg” in a campaign of intimidation on the part of the Corzine administration and Attorney General Anne Milgram.   

According to Lonegan, the investigation started at the peak of his own campaign against two ballot measures that went down in defeat in November’s elections.

KYRILLOS, KEAN & BECK ASK A.G. MILGRAM TO INVESTIGATE, BLOCK SALE OF SEA STREAK FERRY SERVICE

Senator Joseph Kyrillos, (R-13) and Senators elect Jennifer Beck, (R-12) and Sean Kean, (R-11) asked Attorney General Anne Milgram in a letter today to probe the impending sale of four high speed ferries to the nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The four high speed catamaran ferry boats are currently owned by SeaStreak Ferry Service and shuttle nearly 4,000 commuters each work day from New Jersey to downtown Manhattan.  The letter is attached.

ASSEMBLY APPROVES GIBLIN/PAYNE MEASURE TO MOVE DIVISION OF ELECTIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE

(TRENTON) – Legislation Assemblymen Thomas P. Giblin and William D. Payne sponsored to transfer the state Division of Elections from the Department of Law and Public Safety to the Department of State was today approved by the Assembly.

On August 22, the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey issued Directive 2007-3.   When the directive was released, it did not include any specific training requirements.  The New Jersey Immigration Policy Network cautioned at that time that the directive could lead to racial profiling and other forms of police abuse.

Senator James J. McCullough, (R-2), issued the following statement regarding published reports that officials from the Attorney General’s Office are fining local merchants for failing to post public accommodation, employment or family leave posters, or failing to post the posters in the proper location.