Summit, NJ – The legal battle between Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill intensified Friday, as Ciattarelli’s attorneys at Squire Patton Boggs rejected a cease-and-desist letter from Sherrill’s legal team and accused her of hiding critical records tied to the Naval Academy’s 1994 cheating scandal.

In a letter to Sherrill’s counsel, attorney Mark Sheridan said Ciattarelli’s campaign and strategist Chris Russell would not destroy documents from Sherrill’s Official Military Personnel File (OMPF), despite demands from Democrats.

Sheridan argued that the records — obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Marine veteran Nicholas DeGregorio — were lawfully released by the National Archives, even though the agenc

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