In a shocking development, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has appealed a judge’s decision to dismiss racketeering charges against Democratic powerbroker George Norcross and five associates, accused of controlling lucrative waterfront properties through threats and political intrigue.
According to the AG, the judge wrongly dismissed the indictment without reviewing the full grand jury record. The judge decided that the recorded threats Norcross made to a developer were not criminal but “hard bargaining.”
Despite damining evidence, such as the New Jersey politico telling a developer, “If you f— this up, I’ll f— you up like you’ve never been f—ed up before,” Judge Peter E. Warshaw Jr decided that these remarks were not a threat.
The blue-state judge said, “Clearly, this is a steel cage brawl between two heavyweights,” and claimed that “Criminalizing such conduct would undermine constitutionally protected lawyering and advocacy,” despite objections from prosecutors.
Reacting to this absurd decision, the Attorney General’s office said, “This ruling, if allowed to stand, would severely undermine the state’s ability to prosecute complex corruption schemes — especially those involving powerful political actors.”
Explaining the scandal, a New Jersey Republican took to X to state, “New Jersey racketeering charges against South Jersey power broker George Norcross III are dropped. The judge said the prosecutor failed to show evidence of a crime, but I’m Curious if this has anything to do with Norcross’s influence in this state. What do you think?” adding, “The 13-count indictment alleged that for more than a decade, Norcross and his associates used their power and influence on government officials to craft legislation with the help of Camden officials.”
Providing additional evidence of corruption, the same user explained, “Remember that time in December ’23, when New Jersey political boss George Norcross helped a shadowy group called Jersey Freedom split Republican votes to benefit Democrats in some of the most competitive districts in the state.”
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Continuing, the account wrote, “In ads, the organization promoted Republicans who did not actively campaign and whose petitions were circulated by an unsuccessful GOP candidate with reported ties to South Jersey Democrats allied with Norcross.”
Explaining the shady practice, the user stated, “There was no public disclosure of who funded the mysterious political committees until well after the election ended. Inside the law, the Elections Transparency Act created a new category of political organization called an “independent expenditure committee,” similar to other states’ definitions.”
Concluding the exposé, the Republican noted, “…The maneuver was possible without knowing who funded it until three weeks after the Nov. 7 election thanks to a new campaign finance law ironically called the Elections Transparency Act. It overhauled New Jersey’s campaign finance rules to allow doubling of contributions and gutted state and local pay-to-play ordinances. Democrats seemed to benefit, with more spending by super PACs and other outside political groups than all but one state-level election in history.”
Reacting to the serious allegations of corruption, one commenter asked, “Why isn’t that communist corrupt dirtbag NORCROSS being prosecuted! Decades of corruption In our state by this scumbag! No one does a thing about this cockroach why?”