The man who exposed councilman Shahin Khalique’s backroom mail-in ballot processing operation a month after the election took to the stand on Wednesday morning as the 2nd Ward election fraud case resumed. Titu Miah told the court he signed certifications for 13 mail-in ballots at the command of Khalique’s campaign staff. “I just filled them…
Court battle over Paterson’s 2nd Ward council seat extending into 2017
The lengthy court battle between councilman Shahin Khalique and former councilman Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman over the 2nd Ward council seat has been extended into 2017.
Khalique’s attorney tries to pin bogus letter on Akhtaruzzaman’s campaign manager
Councilman Shahin Khalique’s attorney continued his attempt to link former councilman Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman’s campaign manager to a bogus letter that urged voters to discard mail-in ballots as the 2nd Ward election fraud trial resumed on Monday afternoon.
Akhtaruzzaman’s campaign manager testifies at Paterson’s 2nd Ward election fraud trial
Former councilman Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman’s campaign manager Pedro Rodriguez took to the stand on Thursday morning to testify councilman Shahin Khalique’s campaign moved more than a thousand people from elsewhere into the 2nd Ward prior to the election.
Paterson’s 2nd Ward election fraud trial resumes with four witnesses’ testimony
The 2nd Ward election fraud trial resumed on Tuesday morning with councilman Shahin Khalique’s attorney launching into an intense crossing examination of Mohammed N. Islam, the witness responsible for the audio recording in which Khalique is heard saying election and insurance fraud are “not a problem.”
Court hears testimony from man who recorded Khalique saying it’s ‘no problem’ to live in one town and vote in another
The Clifton man who recorded a phone conversation with councilman Shahin Khalique in which the councilman told him it’s “no problem” to live elsewhere and vote in Paterson testified at the 2nd Ward election fraud trial on Tuesday morning.
Paterson’s 2nd Ward election fraud trial will drag into October
After two weeks of testimony, the city’s 2nd Ward election fraud trial has been extended to mid-October in a case that has been described as a “quagmire.”