{"id":10170,"date":"2026-04-17T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?p=10170"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:11:00","slug":"analyses-of-federal-and-state-laws-allegedly-violated-by-newark-mayor-ras-baraka-and-other-public-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/analyses-of-federal-and-state-laws-allegedly-violated-by-newark-mayor-ras-baraka-and-other-public-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyses of Federal and State Laws Allegedly Violated by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Other Public Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Newark City Hall<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>BY LEV D. ZILBERMINTS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEWARK<\/strong> &#8211; In its April 9 issue Local Talk wrote about the allegations of corruption that former Newark Housing Authority (NHA) Commissioner Alif Muhammad made against current Mayor Ras Baraka; his brother and chief of staff Amiri Baraka Jr.; NHA Chairman Brian K. Logan; and other people, both current and past members of NHA and the Newark Municipal Council. In part, the article noted that certain federal and state laws were broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current article goes more in depth. Local Talk did its usual diligent legal research on federal and state laws. In particular, Title 18 United States Code (U.S.C.) was allegedly violated at least six times. New Jersey Statutes Annotated (N.J.S.A.) was also violated. Sources include Cornell Law School&#8217;s Legal Information Institute and the website https:\/\/law.justia.com\/codes\/new-jersey\/title-2c\/section-2c-30-2\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legal research shows that depending on which count(s) potential defendants are charged with could mean prison for quite a time. It could mean anywhere from one year to thirty years. Again, this is for the courts to decide. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.&nbsp; And now, the legal analyses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FEDERAL LAW:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>18. U.S.C. Section 241: Conspiracy Against Rights<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>18 U.S.C. Section 242: Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>18. U.S.C. Section 666: Theft or Bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(a) Whoever, if the circumstance described in subsection (b) of this section exists\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1) being an agent of an organization, or of a State, local, or Indian tribal government, or any agency the reof\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(A )embezzles, steals, obtains by fraud, or otherwise without authority knowingly converts to the use of any person other than the rightful owner or intentionally misapplies, property that\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(i) is valued at $5,000 or more, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(ii) is owned by, or is under the care, custody, or control of such organization, government, or agency; or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(B) corruptly solicits or demands for the benefit of any person, or accepts or agrees to accept, anything of value from any person, intending to be influenced or rewarded in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such organization, government, or agency involving any thing of value of $5,000 or more; or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2) corruptly gives, offers, or agrees to give anything of value to any person, with intent to influence or reward an agent of an organization or of a State, local or Indian tribal government, or any agency thereof, in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such organization, government, or agency involving anything of value of $5,000 or more; shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(b) The circumstance referred to in subsection (a) of this section is that the organization, government, or agency receives, in any one year period, benefits in excess of $10,000 under a Federal program involving a grant, contract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(c) This section does not apply to bona fide salary, wages, fees, or other compensation paid, or expenses paid or reimbursed, in the usual course of business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(d) As used in this section\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1) the term \u201cagent\u201d means a person authorized to act on behalf of another person or a government and, in the case of an organization or government, includes a servant or employee, and a partner, director, officer, manager, and representative;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2) the term \u201cgovernment agency\u201d means a subdivision of the executive, legislative, judicial, or other branch of government, including a department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board, and bureau, and a corporation or other legal entity established, and subject to control, by a government or governments for the execution of a governmental or intergovernmental program;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(3) the term \u201clocal\u201d means of or pertaining to a political subdivision within a State;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(4) the term \u201cState\u201d includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(5) the term \u201cin any one-year period\u201d means a continuous period that commences no earlier than twelve months before the commission of the offense or that ends no later than twelve months after the commission of the offense. Such period may include time both before and after the commission of the offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>18 U.S.C. Sections 1341 &amp; 1343: Mail wire Fraud (including Honest Services Fraud Doctrines)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious coin, obligation, security, or other article, or anything represented to be or intimated or held out to be such counterfeit or spurious article, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter, any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service, or deposits or causes to be deposited any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier, or takes or receives therefrom, any such matter or thing, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail or such carrier according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such matter or thing, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the violation occurs in relation to, or involving any benefit authorized, transported, transmitted, transferred, disbursed, or paid in connection with, a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), or affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation occurs in relation to, or involving any benefit authorized, transported, transmitted, transferred, disbursed, or paid in connection with, a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), or affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>18 U.S. C. Section 1962 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who has received any income derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity or through collection of an unlawful debt in which such person has participated as a principal within the meaning of section 2, title 18, United States Code, to use or invest, directly or indirectly, any part of such income, or the proceeds of such income, in acquisition of any interest in, or the establishment or operation of, any enterprise which is engaged in, or the activities of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce. A purchase of securities on the open market for purposes of investment, and without the intention of controlling or participating in the control of the issuer, or of assisting another to do so, shall not be unlawful under this subsection if the securities of the issuer held by the purchaser, the members of his immediate family, and his or their accomplices in any pattern or racketeering activity or the collection of an unlawful debt after such purchase do not amount in the aggregate to one percent of the outstanding securities of any one class, and do not confer, either in law or in fact, the power to elect one or more directors of the issuer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(b) It shall be unlawful for any person through a pattern of racketeering activity or through collection of an unlawful debt to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise which is engaged in, or the activities of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(c) It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or associated with any enterprise engaged in, or the activities of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce, to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of such enterprise\u2019s affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity or collection of unlawful debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire to violate any of the provisions of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHAT NEW JERSEY STATE LAW SAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>New Jersey Statutes Annotated Section 2C:30-2 Official Misconduct by Public Servants<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>2C:30-2. 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