Some of the firms are among the most prominent and politically connected in New Jersey, including two whose top partners are former governors
According to a Sept. 29, 2016, email to Williams from Tanya Paiz, who worked for Caddle, the following firms donated to the dark money group. The named firms donated a total of $77,000. Paiz, who did not respond to a call seeking comment, wrote in the email that she was missing one check for $10,000:gave $25,000 to National Progressive Organization, according to the email.
“The legal fees for the Elizabeth Board of Education each year was in excess of $6 million. That’s what they were spending for all of the lawyers they used,” he said. “The group of law firms [hired in 2016], by dividing the work up, dropped that to right around $2 million a year.” ... the firm that’s going to do that kind of work,” Williams said. “Other than that, all the other work goes to different law firms, and I work with the board to make sure it ends up in the right place.”
Williams said that once he turned over the donations to the nonprofit, the way the money was spent was “completely out of our hands.”According to an email chain from July 26 and 27, 2017, Williams corresponded with Caddle about setting up another dark money group. In the emails, Caddle asks Williams about which candidates the group would be supporting and whether Williams would be the point person for legal questions related to the group.
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