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A judge unfroze the bank account of the independent expenditures committee Jersey Freedom on Thursday, but did not rule on whether a lawsuit can proceed alleging the group broke election reporting law.

The state Election Law Enforcement Commission is asserting its "primary jurisdiction" over investigating and punishing election reporting violations in a proposed amicus brief in a lawsuit against the "dark money" group Jersey Freedom.

The state Election Law Enforcement Commission voted Tuesday to submit an amicus brief in a GOP lawsuit against Jersey Freedom, an independent expenditures committee alleged to have broken campaign finance laws and backed phantom conservative candidates to harm Republicans.

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Atlantic County Superior Court judge Michael Blee will decide by Jan. 10 if a lawsuit by state Republicans will proceed against an independent expenditures committee the GOP says worked to split the GOP vote to benefit Democrats and broke election reporting rules to hide its true nature.

Republicans sue, with one state lawmaker calling it a ‘colossal disaster.'

Republicans will sue to stop further spending by a dark money political action committee called Jersey Freedom that they say is trying to split the Republican vote with sham conservative candidates to benefit Democrats in two South Jersey races.

Murphy took advantage of a provision in a money-in-politics overhaul law that lets him temporarily circumvent Senate approval of the board picks

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Murphy took advantage of a provision in a money-in-politics overhaul law that lets him temporarily circumvent Senate approval of the board picks