Multiple reports today (link here at http://www.politickernj.com/editor/35477/christie-nominate-dow-ag) that the new New Jersey Attorney General will be former federal prosecutor and current Essex County prosecutor Paula Dow.
Earlier reports -- from several weeks ago -- identified Christie's former second in command Ralph Marra as the incoming Attorney General. It was under Marra's stewardship of the United States Attorney's Office in Newark that the arrests of the several dozen defendants in the huge "Bid Rig" political corruption / kidney selling / money laundering scandal occurred, back in July 2009. (Browse my archives for various stories on some of the individual cases.)
This site awaits word from the new AG as to what the AG office's priorities will be in the upcoming term. Will the Jersey AG take an activist role like her former and current equivalents across the Hudson River in New York?
The initial indications are that Ms. Dow is not a political hack and the initial thought -- from this corner -- is that she will be the type of person who will not let political considerations get in the way of an important job. If that holds true, that is an excellent sign.
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