Trenton, New Jersey – The democratic candidate for the post of New Jersey Governor is defending the high risk race for this year for her marine service, amid questions surrounding the fraud scandal during her period in the Naval Academy, and the reversal of the Trump administration’s release of its unacceptable military records.
Democratic Representative Micky Sherrill and Republican Jacques Seatarelli are competing for the success of the governor of Democrats in Phil Murphy in New Jersey, one of two states, along with Virginia, which elects this year’s governor.
With the post -mail polling cards in the November 4 competition, news stories appeared on Thursday, saying that Sherrill did not participate in the graduation ceremony at the Naval Academy in 1994 amid repercussions from the scandal of fraud in the exam, although she was not directly involved and gave her testimony and assignment as a navy officer.
last CBS news story He showed that the military record is a villain – incorrectly and not dispensing with it – mostly – for the republican operations in New Jersey.
The repercussions of the reports of heat in a race were closely monitored as a sign of how voters reacted to President Donald Trump’s second state and how Democrats respond to the defeat of the elections for 2024.
Here is a closer look at what we know and what we do not do about developments.
the New Jersey Globe It was reported on Thursday that Sherrill, which relied on her campaign to serve as a veteran road and a helicopter plane, did not walk at the start of the Naval Academy in 1994 and did not appear on a program starting from the ceremony. The story says it was punishment after the fraud scandal that year.
In a statement, Sherrill noticed that she had graduated and obtained a commission as an officer despite not walking. SEA King’s helicopter pilot continued during her service, which is a regular part of her carback’s speech.
She said: “I did not turn to some of my colleagues in the class, so I did not walk, but I graduated and was assigned as an officer in the American Navy, where I served for nearly ten years at the highest level of discrimination and honor.”
The Ciattarelli campaign uses the development to attack Sherrill, invite it to release its disciplinary and academic record and link it to the scandal. The former state legislator campaign of the state indicates a pledge that Sherrill has recently been made to be more transparent in order to click on it to launch more.
It is not clear if there are other records that are released. Sherrill did not make any records in her possession.
The navy refused to comment. A message was also left seeking a comment with the Maritime Academy.
The Sherrill campaign attributed the issuance of information to the national archives and included a letter dated September 22 from the director of the National Personnel Records Center to inform the members of Congress that it had issued a “mistake” its military file to an “unauthorized request”, which was identified as a former Republican candidate for positions in New Jersey.
A message was left to get a comment with the person who requested Sherrill’s records.
Director Scott Levins wrote: “On behalf of the national archives, I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and exacerbation that may cause you this position and our failure to protect your military record from unauthorized issuance.”
The information that was released included the non -competent social security number as well as the date of its birth, according to the message.
It is not clear whether any of the records issued from the national archives that were released by mistake are linked to the reasons that were not allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony.
It is not clear whether there are more documents that separate what happened, which led to not participating in Sherrill at the beginning. It is also not clear why the national archive technician who responded to the military operation was not followed by the villain of “standard operating procedures”, according to an email from the Grace McCafrey, the Acting Executive Officer of Foreign Affairs and Communications with the National Archives.
“The technician was not supposed to be fully issued. The agency administration did not realize this breach until September 22, and it immediately began a comprehensive review of all internal controls.”
By mid -Friday, Sherrill began trying to use the episode to raise the campaign’s contributions.
She described it as a “shameful attempt to discredit it,” the Sherrill campaign sent an e -mail message to collect donations claiming that the breach was unprecedented – blatantly illegal, “as well as” federal government weapon “.
“These military records separate my early life, and go to the extent that the social security number and insurance records are included. There are supposed to be several layers of checks that have been prepared to prevent something like this,” and the messages were quoted as saying.
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The Associated Press Tom Boomont in De Mine, Iowa.