According to a report by The Gateway Pundit, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), a candidate vying for the New Jersey governorship, found herself unable to walk with her graduating class during the US Naval Academy (USNA) commencement due to her involvement in a cheating scandal.
Documented evidence acquired by The New Jersey Globe indicates that Sherrill’s name was conspicuously absent from the commencement program on May 25, 1994.
In defiance of the USNA’s honor code, Sherrill contends that her exclusion stemmed from a refusal to “rat out” her classmates implicated in the scandal.
As her gubernatorial contest with Republican Jack Ciattarelli intensifies, Sherrill seems to be shifting her narrative once more.
Now, she asserts that she did come forward to cooperate with investigators. Following a debate with Ciattarelli, Sherrill told reporters, “There were hundreds of people in my class that spoke to investigators. When I did, I told them what I knew.”
However, skepticism abounds among Sherrill’s former classmates regarding her revised version.
The New York Post reported:
“I don’t buy it, and I’m kind of speaking on behalf of actually a lot of classmates that reached out to me,” stated Brent Sadler, Sherrill’s 1994 classmate and senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
Moreover, Sherrill has declined to make her full disciplinary record public, which could potentially shed light on the circumstances surrounding her situation.
A source involved in the Naval Academy’s investigation echoed doubts about Sherrill’s recounting of events, emphasizing that her punishment suggests there is more to the narrative.
In addition to this controversy, Sherrill faces scrutiny over allegations of nepotism concerning her children. In a June press release, Sherrill proudly announced: “I am so proud of all the young men and women from NJ-11 who are reporting to the military academies or academy preparatory programs this summer.”
Notably absent from her announcement was the fact that two of her children, Lincoln and Margaret Hedberg, were on the list of appointees to various military academies. Although Sherrill did not nominate them, both children receiving appointments simultaneously raises eyebrows, especially since only 22 students from her district were selected, and the U.S. Naval Academy boasts an ultra-competitive 9% acceptance rate.
