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racisT Flyer case

edison hires ex-prosecutor to aide their

cooperation with grand jury probe

Vaugh McKoy to serve as special counsel to Edison as Gurbir Grewal begins full

investigation, says New Jersey Globe

Our Bureau

Edison, NJ
dison has hired a high-lev-
el former prosecutor to
Ehelp guide the township
counsel through the Attorney
General Gurbir Grewal’s probe
of a racist flyer in the 2017 elec-
tion. Vaughn McKoy, a former
Assistant U.S. Attorney and di-
rector of the state Division of
Criminal Justice, will serve as
special counsel to the council’s
Committee of the Whole, which
had been investigating the cir-
cumstances around a mailer
promising to “Make Edison
Great Again,” and alleging that
the “Chinese and Indians are
taking over our town”, accord-
ing to a report in says New Jer-
sey Globe.

Two weeks ago, the attor-

ney general’s office sub-
poenaed evidence gath- Vaugh McKoy, the former director of the state Division of Criminal Justice. (Photo: Garden State Bar Association)

ers by edison officials on State prosecutors have al- the local Democratic organi- over evidence they have gath-

the cold case and after ready begun to interview local zation as their candidate for ered.

being pushed by edison officials, the Globe said. mayor. Lankey and six mem- In Hoboken, where a near-
McKoy, a former Assistant bers of the township council ly identical incident appeared
Mayor Thomas lankey, New Jersey Attorney Gener- had scolded Grewal for his fail- within a few days of the 2017
council President robert al, has handled criminal and ing to investigate the unsolved Edison flyer, local officials
civil prosecutions for the gov- mystery even after a detective have asked Grewal to include
diehl, councilman sammy ernment and for private sector from his office told the local them in the grand jury probe
clients. On a tape obtained by police chief in January 2018 to – something Gov Phil Murphy
Joshi and assemblyman the New Jersey Globe, Coun- stand down because the attor- appears to support.

erik Peterson (r-Frank- cilman Ajay Patil said he wit- ney general’s office was taking The subpoena, approved

lin) to step up their inves- nessed Satish Poondi, a part- over the investigation, said the by Superior Court Judge Mary
ner at the Wilentz law firm, report.
Jacobson, was requested by
tigation, has empaneled assembling that racist mailer Until Grewal’s move earli- Special Assistant New Jersey
a grand jury, says the at the home of the Democratic er this month, Lankey, Diehl, Attorney General Michael Mc-
Municipal Chairman, Mahesh and others had complained Donald of the Office of Public
globe report said. Bhagia, in 2017. that state or county prosecu- Integrity and Accountability,
Bhagia is now the pick of tors for interviews or to turn according to the report.

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