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Trenton NJ, in what is beginning to be an ever going list of ethically challenged hires for the Murphy administration ,according to North Jersey Media ,“Gov. Phil Murphy paid $2 million during his campaign to a consulting company led by one of his top aides who at the time was tied to a campaign finance scandal under police investigation in Bermuda known as Jetgate”
In 2014 Bermuda Premier Craig Cannonier resigned following criticism over his acceptance of flights and hospitality from investors, also know as “Jetgate”.
According to North Jersey media probes separate from the police inquiry led to a “secret bank account set up by Derrick Green, a longtime political operative in New Jersey and Maryland. The account received $350,000 from wealthy American businessmen, but no one has determined exactly where the money went after Green and an associate withdrew nearly all of it.
His firm, Green Consultants, was hired by the Murphy campaign to help get out the vote, the same kind of work it did in Bermuda. The $2 million Green Consultants received was one of the largest expenditures made by the Murphy campaign during the primary and general elections, according to Election Law Enforcement Commission records. “
Its was an influence peddling scheme that was outed by a Think Media article by Ayo Johnson on ‘Selling Bermuda’ the article carried a series of allegations against Premier Cannonier. They included that the Premier asked for $2m facilitation money from Landow (Developer)to pass casino legislation through the House; that he asked Landow for $300,000 as a campaign contribution from the OBA, and that the Premier and Landow had several meetings.
Landow later acknowledges a handful of American businessmen donated an estimated $300,000 to a political fund but denies any knowledge that a request for $2m from the Premier ever occurred.
Just how many corrupt people work for Murphy?
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He’s barely in office and his lieutenants are dropping like flies…
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