Donate NowThe executive director of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission will not face disciplinary action over an email about National Coming Out Day, following a decision on Tuesday by two commissioners that oversee the independent state agency.
But during the hearing before two of the three ELEC commissioners, Brindle said he had never treated anyone or said anything to his staff that could be construed as discriminatory. He said the National Coming Out Day email was meant as a joke after he received multiple copies of a state email recognizing it.
“There is no testimony in the record that there is anyone here who was not treated with fairness, dignity and respect,” Commissioner Stephen Holden said.alleging that top aides illegally tried to force him to resign and threatened to make the emails publicBrindle’s attorney argues the governor has no authority to fire Brindle, and that the attempt to force his resignation was unconstitutional.
The emails obtained by Griffin included one from Brindle to ELEC Deputy Director Joseph Donohue, with a link to a Breitbart story about a 9-year-old girl who criticized a Minnesota school board for Black Lives Matter posters in schools. He wrote, “There is hope for some of the young.”