Sharpe James
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James Sharpe James
But as hard as it tried, issuing hundreds of subpoenas and sending swarms of federal agents into city government buildings, the United States attorney's office in Newark was never able to bring an indictment against the ultimate target, Mr. James himself. It was not just the convictions of other officials that raised prosecutors' suspicions about Mayor Sharpe James, who announced that he would not seek re-election to a sixth term as mayor, saying he wants to concentrate on his other position as a state senator. Mr. James and his lawyers repeatedly said that he had done nothing wrong and suggested that prosecutors were conducting a racially motivated vendetta against him.