Five current and former New Jersey public officials are facing charges of accepting bribes following a major corruption investigation, the state’s attorney general announced. The five defendants are charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes from one cooperating witness in the form of campaign contributions, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said. O’Donnell allegedly accepted the bribe in so-called “street money” for his mayoral campaign from the cooperating witness in April and May 2018. O’Donnell allegedly agreed to provide him with tax work from Bayonne if elected mayor. Mary Dougherty, a real estate agent from Morristown, allegedly accepted a cash bribe for $10,000 from the cooperating witness.

Source: Fox News December 19, 2019 23:49 UTC