Paterson NJ: Michael Jackson pleads not guilty to voter fraud
PATERSON — Councilman Michael Jackson pleaded not guilty on Thursday afternoon to election fraud charges filed against him in a five-count state grand jury indictment. In the virtual arraignment, Jackson said state authorities had failed to fulfill their commitments to provide him with copies of the discovery — or the alleged evidence in the case — that was the basis for the charges contained in a complaint filed by the office of state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal last year. Deputy Attorney General Eric Cohen said the state had been waiting to share the evidence until after the indic...