Judge Gives New Jersey US Attorney Month to Review Bribery Case

A federal judge granted the New Jersey US attorney’s request to conduct an additional review of a foreign bribery case that Justice Department leaders previously told prosecutors to bring to trial.

The judge, however, denied a push for a six-month pause, instead giving John Giordano, the state’s new acting chief federal prosecutor, no more than 30 days to conduct what he’s described as a “supplemental analysis.”

“The court finds that thirty days to supplement the Attorney General’s review advances ‘the ends of justice,’ but more time does not,” Judge Michael Farbiarz of the US District Court for the District of ...