Political Graft Is a New Jersey Tradition: Francis Wilkinson

New Jersey is delivering a kind of rolling TED talk on the cornucopia of political corruption that the Soprano State has to offer. The hits just keep on coming.

The state’s senior US senator, Democrat Robert Menendez, is in the midst of a criminal trial in which he is accused of straight-up bribery, including allegedly having accepted cash and gold bars in return for providing assistance to a business crony. Meanwhile, Democratic Governor Phil Murphy is recovering from his failed effort to finagle his wife, Tammy Murphy, into the seat likely to be vacated by Menendez. Tammy Murphy, whose candidacy seemed to ...