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A star of the Bravo TV reality show The Real Housewives of New Jersey, was arrested last April by the civil complaint division of the Passaic County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) because of an unpaid fee to a law firm.  Danielle Staub was arrested at her Wayne home on April 2 and placed into custody on an outstanding non-incarceration daytime Passaic County Superior Court civil action contempt warrant, by officers of the PCSD . Staub was transported to PCSD headquarters in Wayne, where she completed an information subpoena from the plaintiff's Short Hills-based law firm, Gourvitz and Gourvitz.  Staub was released after two hours, once the plaintiffs were satisfied with the information that the defendant supplied.

Yesterday, a spokesman for Staub, Thom Ammirato, said the now-famous housewife had not ruled out a run for Congress against U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) next year.

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New Jersey housewife Danielle Staub has not ruled out a campaign for Congress against U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) next year, according to her spokesman, Thom Ammirato.

"At this point Ms. Staub is fielding numerous offers and has ruled out nothing.  Her advisors will be discussing her future shortly," said Ammirato, a Republican strategist who recently signed on as Staub's official spokesman.

But is the controversial star of Bravo's TV reality show, The Real Housewives of New Jersey a Republican?

"I don't know, but she can become one," said Ammirato.  "She would have to of course meet with the approval of (Passaic County GOP) Chairman Scott Rumana to see if she could get the line."

Staub, a 48-year-old mother of two, recently moved from Franklin Lakes to Wayne, which is in Pascrell's district.

According to her Bravo bio, Staub is active in her local parish and attends mass regularly.  She has admitted to being arrested 25 years ago, but has denied reports that she was involved in prostitution or in a cocaine ring.