NJ Officials Cleared of Wrongdoing in Menendez Corruption Case

The New Jersey attorney general’s office cleared state law enforcement officials of wrongdoing in a corruption case involving former US Senator Robert Menendez, who awaits sentencing after his conviction last year.

AG Matthew Platkin said Friday his inquiry “found no misconduct on the part of any past or present member of the office” or the Department of Law and Public Safety. He singled out two former attorneys general, Gurbir Grewal, and Andrew Bruck, for their “selfless service to the people of this state” and commended them as “exemplary public servants.”

Grewal was the attorney general in 2019 ...