Overview

• Sherrill released a digital ad accusing the Trump administration and Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign of unlawfully disseminating her largely unredacted military file, which included her Social Security number and home addresses.
• The Ciattarelli camp says the documents came via a lawful FOIA response and notes the National Archives apologized for an employee error in releasing sensitive data to a campaign ally.
• Sherrill’s lawyers sent cease-and-desist letters to Ciattarelli associates to halt further distribution and asked the National Archives to preserve records of the release as Democrats call for an investigation.
• Republican Reps. Chris Smith, Jeff Van Drew, and Tom Kean Jr. urged Sherrill to authorize disclosure of her Naval Academy academic and disciplinary records tied to a 1994 cheating scandal; Sherrill has said she graduated and served after not identifying classmates.
• Separate reporting shows two of Sherrill’s children recently gained admission to the Naval Academy; nominations came from Sen. Cory Booker and former Sen. George Helmy, and Sherrill says her children did not use her office’s nomination process as her campaign denounces the nepotism claims.