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“When that change is officially made, I’ll give you all the reasons why,” the governor said in comments published by northjersey.com.
A letter sent by the county freeholders had nothing to do with it and "certainly wouldn’t move me to make a decision of that magnitude,” the report quotes Christie saying.
Molinelli told Daily Voice on Oct. 27 that he "was asked to get back to [the governor's office] and let them know what my timeline [for stepping down] is."
That will be "as soon as I can line up other employment," he said. "It just happened yesterday, so I need some time to figure out what's out there. I'll know in a week or so."
Christie, a Republican who was once the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, in 2013 nominated Gurbir Singh Grewal, an assistant U.S. attorney from Glen Rock, to replace Molinelli, a Democrat from Woodcliff Lake. The state Senate never acted and the nomination lapsed.
Molinelli made clearing cold cases a focus of his tenure after taking the job in 2002. More recently, he attacked the heroin epidemic by pairing punishment with treatment. His office also has pursued child predators.
He had his detractors. More recently, Molinelli was accused of keeping a Teaneck doctor accused of sexual assault from being prosecuted.
Opponents aired grievances at a Bergen County freeholder meeting earlier this month.
"A letter was sent notifying [the state Attorney General's Office] of the complaints," Freeholder Maura DeNicola told Daily Voice.
Molinelli told Daily Voice there was only one victim in the case against dermatologist Gangaram Ragi, and that she "agreed the best outcome would be to get a restriction against the doctor" from treating women, rather than risk a prosecution that likely would fail.
"This office was never influenced," he said.
"I have enjoyed the work," Molinelli told Daily Voice. "But I've always said that when the governor requests me to move on, I will move on." READ MORE....
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