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PATERSON — The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office this week provided lawyers for indicted Paterson Councilmen Michael Jackson and Alex Mendez with thousands of pages of alleged evidence in the state election fraud case against them. Lawyers for the two councilmen said they will closely review the files they received from the state in the “discovery” part of the criminal case, the point when the prosecution shares with the accused whatever evidence it plans to use. They said the volume of documents should not be seen as a sign that the state has a strong case. “The quantity doesn�...

PATERSON — The New Jersey Attorney General’s voting fraud indictments against two Paterson councilmen turned up the heat on the embattled elected officials by adding new charges to the complaints filed against them eight months ago. Councilman Michael Jackson now faces a second-degree election fraud charge — which comes with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison — on top of the four third- and fourth-degree crimes he previously was accused of committing. Meanwhile, the attorney general’s grand jury indictment against Councilman Alex Mendez added another third-degree crime — with...