BINJE has seen a copy of the three-paragraph letter sent to state officials that led to an investigation of Lt. Governor Dale Caldwell for alleged inappropriate behavior with women.
The letter, dated May 6, indicates that it intended to be sent to the State Ethics Commission, the NJ Office of the Attorney General, the Civil Service Commission and one major media outlet.
It is signed: “A Concerned NJ Resident.”
The New York Times, on Sept. 9, was the first to report about the letter.
BINJE cannot confirm if any of the intended recipients got the letter, but — as reported by numerous outlets, including BINJE — sources have confirmed that Chris Porrino and Lowenstein Sandler were hired to perform an investigation in late May.
The letter accuses Caldwell of:
- Bringing uninvited female guests to events he attended on Feb. 24 and April 18;
- Asking women out on dates at events.
BINJE reported on Sept. 9 that Caldwell responded to this letter in a letter to Christina Fullam, the state’s Chief Ethics Officer.
Here is the anonymous letter, in full:
***
To whom it may concern,
The N.J. Lieutenant Governor, Dale Caldwell, has been bringing uninvited female guests to events while traveling using taxpayer funds. These guests did not have paid tickets to any of the events. He just showed up with them and they were admitted for free because he is the Lieutenant Governor and no one wants to tell him ‘no’. He did this on February 24 at the Rowan University Rosa Parks Scholarship Luncheon and again at the Whitesboro Black History Gala on April 18. He also brought an uninvited female guest to the Essex County Democratic Committee’s Women of Excellence Lunch on April 18, and the woman he brought with him demanded to be seated at the head table even though she arrived unexpected and without a ticket. This incident was disruptive to the event.
The Lieutenant Governor is also hitting on women at functions while traveling using taxpayer money. He has been particularly shameless in handing out his state business cards and asking women out on dates. He has been observed doing this many times while out on official business, which is highly inappropriate for any state official to be doing. Given his position, the power imbalance between him and these women is coercive.
Enough is enough! He should not be trying to get dates while he is traveling on the taxpayers’ dime. And he should not be accepting free tickets to costly events for the women he is trying to impress. Please put a stop to this shameless and corrupt behavior.
Sincerely,
A Concerned NJ Resident
