Corruption news for New Jersey, from the Asbury Park Press:

Prosecutors may use evidence from an earlier corruption case at the upcoming trial of former state Senator Wayne Bryant, a federal judge has ruled.

But U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson said she still is to determine the scope of such evidence, which would be taken from a 2008 trial that led to Bryant’s conviction and current imprisonment. She noted prosecutors have not yet disclosed the witnesses and documents that they hope will demonstrate “prior bad conduct” by Bryant, once a powerful South Jersey Democrat.

Read the rest of the story at the Asbury Park Press.