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New Jersey governor hopeful blocked from Naval Academy graduation over cheating scandal

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill refused to implicate Naval Academy classmates in a cheating scandal, preventing her from walking at graduation.

NewJerseygubernatorialhopefulRep.MikieSherrillwasblockedfromwalkingwithhergraduatingclassattheUSNavalAcademyafterbeingcaughtupinamassivecheatingscandal,abombshellreportrevealed. Sherrill’snamewasnotincludedonthecommencementprogramduringtheMay25,1994,ceremony,accordingtorecords obtainedbytheNewJerseyGlobe. NEWJERSEYDEMOCRATICCANDIDATEFORGOVERNORFACESNETWORTHQUESTIONSASVIRALCLIPRESURFACES Thecongresswomansaidshewasbarredfromwalkingbecauseshedeclinedtoratoutclassmateswhowereinvolvedinthescandalthatimpacted130midshipmeninherclass. ‘VERYTALENTED’:HARRISREVEALSJASMINECROCKETTWASPARTOF‘SECRETPROJECT’OFLAWMAKERSSHEWASMENTORING “Ididn’tturninsomeofmyclassmates,soIdidn’twalkbutgraduatedandwascommissionedasanofficerintheU.S.Navy,servingfornearlytenyearswiththehighestlevelofdistinctionandhonor,”Sherrill(D-NJ)to