![]() ![]() Supreme Court’s McDonnell decision, but only allowing bribery charges for candidates who do win sure seems like it would just open the corruption floodgates. It’s hard enough to convict officials of corruption today thanks to precedent set by the U.S. My jaw also dropped at the time, because, well, come on. The charges weren’t the only things dropped. The payment allegedly came from tax attorney and controversial government cooperating witness Matthew O’Donnell (no relation). Two years ago, a Superior Court judge dropped bribery charges against former Bayonne mayoral candidate Jason O’Donnell because O’Donnell, a former Democratic assemblymember, didn’t win the election and thus had no official duties to perform in exchange for the alleged $10,000 payment. ![]() And it looks like it’s going to stay that way. ![]()
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