UPDATE: "Calicchio sentencing may be adjourned"

GA has heard from folks today- including my source in-the-know (the "drip" guy)- that the September 12 schedule for Matt Calicchio's sentencing is wrong. 

I just checked the NJ District Court database again on PACER-- it still shows the Calicchio sentencing scheduled for September 12- but, I trust my sources over the accuracy of the court's online record-keeping.  So, stay tuned for an updated status on Calicchio's sentencing. 

FYI, this is what PACER is showing currently:

  

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Time flies, don't it?  Sentencing seemed distant when those guilty pleas started rolling in...

November 8 2018:  Lizaida Camis pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to Count 2 of an indictment charging her with conspiracy to use the mail to promote a voter bribery scheme during the 2013 municipal election.  

May 7 2019:  Matthew Calicchio, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to an information charging him with using the mails to promote voter bribery from 2013 to 2015 in municipal elections in Hoboken.

May 30, 2019: Dio Braxton pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring with developer Frank “Pupie” Raia and others to use the mail to run a voter bribery scheme during Hoboken’s municipal election in 2013. 

Well, here we are. GA checked the sentencing status of those Defendants.... if the court's calendar holds, Dio Braxton and Matt Calicchio face the music before Judge William Martini next week. 

U.S. DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY: DOCKET REPORT 

It is interesting to note that while Lizaida Camis was the first of the three to plead guilty, her sentencing has been rescheduled twice. Does this relate to rumor that Camis has been spilling details about the inner-workings of the 4th Ward's vote-by-mail bribery operation, that she continues to provide federal investigators with a wealth of information?    

The other Defendant, Matt Calicchio, a Raia prosecution witness, is also cooperating with the Feds. It's rumored that he and witness Mike Holmes, who got an immunity deal, will be back for the next round of trials, and the next, if and when those happen.  In the meantime, Matt is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday, September 12.  

As for Dio Braxton, he is not cooperating.  Braxton is loyal to Raia, and his refusal to turn will likely be reflected in his sentence on Tuesday, September 10. We shall see. 

A deadline to watch: September 6, 2019.  That signals the beginning of the 60-day blackout period before an election during which a candidate cannot be indicted.  

Stay tuned.