New Jersey Republicans demand the release of Sherrill Records Naval Academy Records

The three Republicans of New Jersey from the American Chamber Exhort Pobicical Representative Mikie Sherrill, Democratic candidate of the State to Governor, to authorize the immediate release of his military archives linked to a major cheat scandal that rocked the American Naval Academy in 1994.

Representatives Christopher Smith, Jeff Van Drew and Tom Kean, Jr., the three Republican members of the house delegation from 12 members of New Jersey, said on Monday that he was “imperative” that Sherrill reveals his files to the Naval Academy.

The battle combustion bullette in New Jersey, One of the only two races for the governor of the country this year was shaken last week after a report revealed that the United States Naval Academy prevented Sherrill from participating in his diploma in the middle of the cheating scandal.

“The only way in which the level of transparency can be reached is that all the academic, disciplinary and investigation of Sherrill representative is made public – something that only the representative Sherrill can authorize,” argued the three legislators.

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The republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli, on the left, shakes the hand of the Democratic candidate for Governor Mikie Sherrill, on the right, before a debate on Sunday September 21, 2025, in Lawrenceville, NJ (AP photo / Noah K. Murray)

They added: “If these sealed disciplinary files correspond to the current explanation of the representative Sherrill, we do not know why she would refuse to publish the files and would put this case.”

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The republican candidate for governor Jack Ciattarelli and his campaign called Sherrill several times, who has never been accused of having cheated in the scandal and continued to pilot helicopters during his military career after graduating from the Naval Academy, to release her military records to explain why she was prevented from reaching her graduation ceremony.

The democratic representative of the governor of governor Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey answers questions during the first general electoral debate with the republican opponent Jack Ciattarelli. Sunday September 21, 2025 in Lawrenceville, NJ (AP photo / Noah K. Murray)

“What we have learned today is that it was part of it in a way or a form or a form. Come cleanse, release the files. Tell us what is in your disciplinary files. I think that the inhabitants of New Jersey deserve it,” said Ciattarelli in an interview on an interview on an interview on an interview on an interview on an interview “Hannity” by Fox News.

But a second report revealed that the National Personal Records Center, which is a branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, published in a wandering manner the files of inappropriate military personnel of Sherrill, which included private information, including its social security number, to an ally Ciattarelli.

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The news stimulated calls by the best democrats across the country for an investigation.

“To have a guy against which I run, it does not stop at anything, it will not stop at nothing, which will illegally get records. It is just beyond the pale,” Sherrill said Thursday evening, who was a federal prosecutor before winning the elections at the Congress.

The national archives, in a letter last week, apologized to Sherrill, saying that the inappropriate liberation was due to the error of a government worker concerning a request for legal files.

The republican candidate for governor Jack Ciattarelli of New Jersey is for a digital interview Fox News, September 24, 2025 in Fort Lee, NJ (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)

The two candidates compete next week during the second and last debate in the race to succeed the Democratic Governor limited to terms Phil Murphy.

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Ciattarelli, who made his third consecutive race for the governor, almost turned Murphy four years ago. Ciattarelli is a former state legislator and a certified accountant who launched a medical publishing company before embarking on politics.

After his career in the navy, Sherrill was federal prosecutor before winning the elections at Congress in 2018.