Attorneys for powerbroker George E. Norcross III say the wide-ranging corruption indictment against him fails to show any crime was committed.
George E. Norcross III with his attorney, Michael Critchley in the foreground, after his arraignment on corruption and racketeering charges.whose influence stretches across the state, engaged in a wide-ranging corruption scheme using millions in state-funded tax breaks to nail down lucrative real estate deals in the state’s poorest city.
“The state’s 111-page indictment reads less like a legal document and more like a screenplay for a putative summer blockbuster,” wrote defense attorneys for Norcross and the others. “Except the script is missing some critical plot lines. This is supposedly a story of extortion In their 55-page response, they argued that while the charges were pitched as a tale of official misconduct, there were no bribes, kickbacks, or even conflicts of interest, but rather “
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