TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 4 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * AG: Former Paterson Mayor Torres Sentenced for Launching 2022 Mayoral Campaign in Violation of Court Ban For Immediate Release: February 4, 2025 Office of The Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General Office of Public Integrity and Accountability - Drew Skinner, Executive Director TRENTON -- Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Pub  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 5 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Attorney General Mayes and a coalition of 19 other attorneys general today sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, urging the Senate to require Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee for FBI Director, to return for further questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The request follows alarming reports of politically motivated firings at the FBI and efforts  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 4 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta, Coalition of 20 Attorneys General Urge Senate to Demand Answers from FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel Amid Alarming Retaliation Efforts SACRAMENTO -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today in sending a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin, urging the Senate to require  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 4 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James and Coalition of 20 Attorneys General Condemn Planned Purge of FBI Agents February 4, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in calling on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to demand further testimony from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director nominee Kash Patel following reports of a   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 4 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Coalition of 19 Attorneys General Urge Senate to Demand Answers on Retaliation Efforts from FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel For Immediate Release: February 4, 2025 Office of The Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General View Letter TRENTON -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 19 at  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Urges Senate to Demand Answers on Retaliation Efforts from FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel LANSING -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of 20 attorneys general are calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to require further questioning of Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI Director. In a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Warns Federal Employees about Misleading Buyout Offer LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general warning federal employees about the Trump administration's misleading "deferred resignation" program, which offers federal employees pay through September 30, 2025, if they resign by February 6. "I take my role to   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 4 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Platkin Announces That New Jersey's Top 15 Most Populous Municipalities are Participating in the ARRIVE Together Alternative Response Program For Immediate Release: February 4, 2025 Office of The Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General Office of Alternative and Community Responses - Tiffany Wilson, Director View Video TRENTON -  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL, STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL URGE SENATE TO DEMAND FBI DIRECTOR NOMINEE KASH PATEL ANSWER QUESTIONS ON RETALIATION EFFORTS Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, urging the Senate to require Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI Director, to retur  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition of 20 Attorneys General Urging Senate to Demand Answers on Retaliation Efforts from FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel (Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today sending a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, urging the Senate to require Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 3, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Syracuse, New York, is awarded a $551,012,019 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target), and firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical support and production of the submarine AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare systems on new-construction and in-service submarines.   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 5 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today sending a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, urging the Senate to require Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee for FBI Director, to return for further questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The request follows alarming reports of politically motivated firings at the FBI and   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Defendant Falsely Held Himself Out as a Trusted Attorney in the Korean-American Community * * * Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, disbarred attorney Hyun W. Lee, also known as "Michael Lee," was sentenced by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen to 54 months in prison for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: A six-count indictment was unsealed today charging a Viroqua, Wisconsin, man for allegedly selling firearms and related parts without a license to buyers in Saudi Arabia, shipping the prohibited items, and then lying to federal inspectors about it. According to allegations in the indictment, Mark John Buschman, 60, conducted an illegal export conspirac  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Statement by Governor Murphy on Direct Flights to Israel from New Jersey Returning on United Airlines "I welcome United Airlines' decision to resume non-stop service to Tel Aviv, Israel from Newark Liberty International Airport following service disruptions after the horrific October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas. Last week, I spoke with airline leadership following my meeting with Israeli P  more