Governor of New Jersey
4 stories and 2 clips from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Nov 12.
Quotes from our stories, each matched word for word against its source before it ran.
“any effort to profit from the illegal trade in Russian fuel will be met with harsh penalties.”
“New Jersey sends billions more in federal tax dollars to Washington than we receive in return”
“do its part”
On 60 Minutes, President Trump denied lifting sanctions on Russian diesel. Treasury records show his administration issued a license in October that exempts the fuel from those sanctions, and a week later he waived nearly all of a new Russia sanctions law. Diesel and heating oil still cost more than $6 a gallon.
In a Nov. 6 court filing, New Jersey says the Department of Homeland Security has decided to go ahead with turning a $129.3 million warehouse into an immigration jail. The filing also cites a report of a $31.8 million conversion contract, even though a court order has paused most work at the site.
The Justice Department says it has charged 195 noncitizens in 25 states over nine weeks, including 63 people named Monday. These are charges, not convictions, and noncitizen voting is considered rare.
New Jersey asked President Trump this week to declare a major disaster in three shore counties hit by September's nor'easter. The request comes weeks after his administration refused the state's $84.4 million appeal for a deadly February blizzard.
